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Climocella runga
Climocella runga is a species of land snail belonging to the family Charopidae. Endemic to Northland, New Zealand, the species is found in areas of thicker forest cover.
From the article Climocella runga on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
C. runga has a shell that measures up to 2.4 mm (0.094 in) by 1.3 mm (0.051 in), with a subdiscoidal shell of four whorls; the first two being narrow and depressed, followed by an expanded and raised third whorl, and an expanded and dropping forth whorl. The protoconch has 1.5 whorls with the first 1.25 whorls having six spiral lirae. The shells are uniformly cream in colour.
Range & habitat
C. runga is endemic to New Zealand, known to occur on the Aupōuri Peninsula, and on Motuwharariki Island in the Bay of Islands. The species is typically found in higher altitude sites on the peninsula in areas with thicker forest cover, in association with broadleaf, broadleaf-podocarp and mature kānuka forests.
Wikipedia: “Distribution and habitat”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 387699.