Cytora septentrionale
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| Cytora septentrionale (Suter, 1907) |
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Lagochilus chiltoni septentrionale Suter, 1907 |
Cytora septentrionale is a species of small land snail, a terrestrial gastropod mollusc in the family Liareidae.
[edit] Distribution
This species is endemic to Auckland and Northland in the North Island of New Zealand.
[edit] Shell description
The shell is similar to Cytora chiltoni but larger, with a narrower spire angle, but a wider umbilicus, not obscured by the reflection of the columella.
Shell height is up to 4 mm, and width up to 3 mm.
[edit] References
- Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
