Cytora annectens

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Cytora annectens
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Mesogastropoda
Family: Liareidae
Genus: Cytora
Species: C. annectens
Binomial name
Cytora annectens
(Powell, 1948)
Synonyms

Murdochia annectens Powell, 1948

Cytora annectens is a species of small land snail, a terrestrial gastropod mollusc in the family Liareidae.

[edit] Distribution

This species is endemic to the Three Kings Islands of New Zealand.

[edit] Shell description

The shell is very similar to Cytora filicosta but more broadly conical, with a more definitely angled periphery, and wider spaced axial threads.

Coloration of the shell is pale yellowish-brown, with two broad chestnut bands on the base.

Shell height is up to 4.3 mm, and width up to 3.4 mm.

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