Cytora aranea
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| Cytora aranea (Powell, 1928) |
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Murdochia aranea Powell, 1928 |
Cytora aranea is a species of small land snail, a terrestrial gastropod mollusc in the family Liareidae.
[edit] Distribution
This species is endemic to the Hokianga Harbour area of the North Island of New Zealand.
[edit] Shell description
The shell is small, sculptured with numerous, plain, thread-like, obliquely retractive axials, that stand out white against a dark reddish-brown ground. The surface has exceedingly fine spiral wrinkles.
Shell height is up to 3 mm, and width up to 1.5 mm.
[edit] References
- Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
