Cytora pannosa
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| Cytora pannosa (Hutton, 1883) |
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Leptopoma pannosa Hutton, 1883 |
Cytora pannosa 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 shell resembles Cytora pallida but with spiral sculpture confined to microscopic lirations on the base only. The axials are membranous, inconspicuous except for two spiral series of scale-like projections, one at the periphery and the other on the base.
Coloration of the shell is uniformly olive-brown.
Shell height is up to 4 mm, and width up to 3.25 mm.
[edit] References
- Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
