Ophicardelus costellaris

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Ophicardelus costellaris
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Orthogastropoda
Superorder: Heterobranchia
Order: Pulmonata
Suborder: Actophila
Superfamily: Ellobioidea
Family: Carychiidae
Genus: Ophicardelus
Species: O. costellaris
Binomial name
Ophicardelus costellaris
(H. and A. Adams, 1854)
Synonyms

Melampus costellaris H. and A. Adams, 1854
Ophicardelus australis Suter, 1913

Ophicardelus costellaris is a species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Carychiidae.

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[edit] Distribution

This species is endemic to the North Island, and the northernpart of the South Island, of New Zealand.

[edit] Habitat

This snail lives in the upper tidal zone, and also on mud flats, in association with Salicornia, mangroves and rushes.

[edit] Shell description

The shell is ovate-conic, rather solid, the aperture with a lightly variced outer lip, and two strong plaits on the inner lip.

Coloration is light brown, plain or with one or more dark brown spiral bands.

Height is up to 12 mm, and the width is up to 6.5 mm.

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