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| Family: | Latiidae Hutton, 1882
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| Genus: | Latia Gray, 1850
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Latia is a genus of freshwater limpet-like gastropod molluscs in the family Latiidae, endemic to the North Island of New Zealand. It is the only genus in the family.
Members of the genus are found attached to stones in clean running streams and rivers. They are capable of bioluminescence.
Species
- Latia climoi Starobogatov,1986
- Latia lateralis (Gould,1852)
- Latia neritoides Gray, 1850
References
- Powell A W B, New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
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