''Larochea'' is a

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of minute slug-like

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Larocheidae Larocheidae is a family of small to minute sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs or micromollusc A micromollusc is a shelled mollusc which is extremely small, even at full adult size. The word is usually, but not exclusively, applied to ...

Species

Species within the genus ''Larochea'' include: *'' Larochea miranda''

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, 1927 *'' Larochea scitula'' Marshall, 1993 *'' Larochea secunda'' Powell, 1937 *'' Larochea spirata'' Geiger & B.A. Marshall, 2012

References

* Powell A. W. B., ''New Zealand Mollusca'', William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979
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* Geiger D.L. (2012) ''Monograph of the little slit shells. Volume 1. Introduction, Scissurellidae. pp. 1-728. Volume 2. Anatomidae, Larocheidae, Depressizonidae, Sutilizonidae, Temnocinclidae. pp. 729-1291''. Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History Monographs Number 7 Larocheidae Gastropods of New Zealand Taxa named by Harold John Finlay {{Larocheidae-stub