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* [[Arthur William Baden Powell|Powell A. W. B.]], ''New Zealand Mollusca'', William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand [[1979]] ISBN 0-00-216906-1 |
* [[Arthur William Baden Powell|Powell A. W. B.]], ''New Zealand Mollusca'', William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand [[1979]] ISBN 0-00-216906-1 |
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Rhytida meesoni meesoni is a subspecies of small, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Rhytididae.
Distribution
This subspecies of land snail is endemic to the South Island of New Zealand.
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.
References
- Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1