Suteria ide
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Suteria ide is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial gastropod mollusc in the family Charopidae (Marshall, 2015).This species is endemic to New Zealand.
Description
The shell of this species reaches 9 mm wide and 4.5 mm high (Powell, 1979). The shells are covered in short bristles, which reduce the amount of excess soil and water adhering to the shell (Brockie, 2013).
Habitat
Suteria ide lives in microcavities in the ground, or under logs and dead leaves (Solem et al. 1981). These snails can be found in the North Island and the upper half of the South Island of New Zealand.
References
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- {{cite web|last1=Brockie|first1=Bob|title=Native plants and animals – overview - Forest animals |website= Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand |date=2013-07-08 |url=http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/photograph/10602/land-snail-suteria-ide}}
- {{cite web|last=Marshall |first=B. |title=Suteria ide (Gray, 1850). In: MolluscaBase |date=2015 |website=World Register of Marine Species |url=http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=821300 |access-date=2016-04-15}}
- {{cite book|last1=Powell |first1=A.W.B. |title=New Zealand mollusca : marine, land, and freshwater shells |date=1979 |publisher=Collins |location=Auckland |isbn=0002169061 |page=312}}
- {{cite journal|last1=Solem|first1=A.|last2=Climo|first2=F. M.|last3=Roscoe|first3=D. J.|title=Sympatric species diversity of New Zealand land snails|journal=New Zealand Journal of Zoology|date=1981|volume=8|issue=4|page=465 |doi=10.1080/03014223.1981.10427971|issn=0301-4223 |oclc=60524666 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2Y3ozr8u19MC|doi-access=free}}
- {{cite web|title=NZOR Name Details - Suteria ide (Gray, 1850)|url=http://www.nzor.org.nz/names/9faf4d09-5978-4293-b7be-5e3fdc32c7c0|website=New Zealand Organisms Register}}
External links
- [http://www.teara.govt.nz/files/p-10602-sb.jpg Image of Suteria ide]
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Category:Gastropods of New Zealand