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| binomial = ''Schizoglossa worthyae'' |
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| binomial_authority = Powell, 1949 |
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==Shell description== |
==Shell description== |
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The shell is broadly oval, and a dark olive-brown colour with distinct sculpture of irregular radial grooves. |
The shell is broadly oval, and a dark olive-brown colour with distinct [[sculpture (mollusc)|sculpture]] of irregular radial grooves. |
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The shell length is up to 22 [[millimetre|mm]], the width up to 15 mm, and a thickness of 5 mm. |
The shell length is up to 22 [[millimetre|mm]], the width up to 15 mm, and a thickness of 5 mm. |
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Schizoglossa worthyae, is a species of large predatory, air-breathing, land slug, a carnivorous terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Rhytididae, which also contains the genera Powelliphanta and Rhytida.
Like others in this genus, the slug has a shell which is quite small compared to its body size.
Distribution
This slug is endemic to the northern half of the North Island of New Zealand.
Shell description
The shell is broadly oval, and a dark olive-brown colour with distinct sculpture of irregular radial grooves.
The shell length is up to 22 mm, the width up to 15 mm, and a thickness of 5 mm.
Conservation status
Schizoglossa worthyae is classified by the New Zealand Department of Conservation as being in Serious Decline.
References
- Powell A W B, New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
- New Zealand Department of Conservation Threatened Species Classification