Cytora depressa
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| Cytora depressa Gardner, 1968 |
Cytora depressa is a species of small land snail, a terrestrial gastropod mollusc in the family Liareidae.
[edit] Distribution
This species is endemic to the northern half of the South Island of New Zealand.
[edit] Shell description
The shell is smaller and more depressed than Cytora lignaria, more numerous axial riblets, and a wider umbilicus, that is one third the diameter of the shell.
Shell height is up to 2.25 mm, and width up to 4 mm.
[edit] References
- Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
