Cytora calva
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| Cytora calva (Hutton, 1883) |
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Leptopoma calva Hutton, 1883 |
Cytora calva is a species of small land snail, a terrestrial gastropod mollusc in the family Liareidae.
[edit] Distribution
This species is endemic to the South Island of New Zealand.
[edit] Shell description
There is only one specimen extant. The shell of this is conical, perforate, with a rounded periphery. Sculpture consists simply of numerous fine oblique growth-lines. The shell is similar to Cytora pannosa but is broader, with distinctive axial ribbing, and a wider umbilicus.
Coloration of the shell is reddish-brown, with a narrow spiral pale band below the periphery.
Shell height is up to 3.25 mm, and width up to 2 mm.
[edit] References
- Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
