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| Species: | C. lignaria
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| Cytora lignaria (Pfeiffer, 1857)
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Cyclostoma lignarium Pfeiffer, 1857 | |
Cytora lignaria 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 South Island, and also possibly in the North Island.
Shell description
The shell is wider than high. The umbilicus is deep, about one sixth the diameter of the shell. Sculpture is of low, irregular, weak, membranous, axial riblets. The surface is smooth apart from exceedingly fine traces of spiral striae.
Coloration is yellowish-brown.
Shell height is up to 4 mm, and width up to 5 mm.
References
- Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1