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| Cytora cytora (Gray, 1850)
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Cytora cytora is a species of small land snail, a terrestrial gastropod mollusc in the family Liareidae.
Distribution
This species is endemic to New Zealand, found in the northern half of the North Island, including Great Barrier Island.
Shell description
The shell is small, turbinate, with a deep narrow umbilicus. The periostracum is light brown. Sculpture is of spiral and axial threads, with hair-like projections at points of intersection.
Shell height is up to 2.6 mm, and width up to 2.25 mm.
References
- Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1