Cytora fasciata
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| Cytora fasciata (Suter, 1894) |
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Lagochilus fasciatum Suter, 1894 |
Cytora fasciata is a species of small land snail, a terrestrial gastropod mollusc in the family Liareidae.
[edit] Distribution
This species is endemic to the North Island of New Zealand.
[edit] Shell description
The shell resembles Cytora cytora but is taller-spired, with weaker and far more numerous spiral threads, crossed by relatively strong membranous axials, not produced into hair-like processes.
The periostracum is light brown with a pale band at the peripheral angle.
Shell height is up to 2.5 mm, and width up to 1.9 mm.
[edit] References
- Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
