Rhytida meesoni meesoni
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| Rhytida meesoni meesoni Suter, 1891 |
Rhytida meesoni meesoni is a subspecies of small, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Rhytididae.
[edit] Distribution
This subspecies of land snail is endemic to the South Island of New Zealand.
[edit] Shell description
The shell is larger than the living adult size for Rhytida australis, with deeper whorls, and less prominent malleanations, crossed by weak irregular axial folds and growth-lines. The shell coloration is greenish-olive, and the umbilicus does not have a brown zone.
The shell diameter is up to 18 mm, and height up to 10 mm.
[edit] References
- Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
