Cytora kiama
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| Cytora kiama Climo, 1973 |
Cytora kiama is a species of small land snail, a terrestrial gastropod mollusc in the family Liareidae.
[edit] Distribution
This species is endemic to the Three Kings Islands of New Zealand.
[edit] Shell description
The shell is small, turbiniform, superficially similar to Suterilla neozelanica in shape, but sculptured with irregular weak axials. This description is based upon a single shell.
Coloration of the shell is light-brown.
Shell height is up to 4 mm, and width up to 3.2 mm.
[edit] References
- Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
