Cytora chiltoni
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| Cytora chiltoni (Suter, 1896) |
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Lagochilus chiltoni Suter, 1896 |
Cytora chiltoni 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
The first three whorls are small, the remaining ones more rapidly increasing. The periphery is rounded, and the umbilicus is very narrow, completely covered by the reflected columella. Sculpture consists of closely spaced membranous axial riblets.
Shell height is up to 3 mm, and width up to 2.25 mm.
[edit] References
- Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
