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Tiny land snail (2nd of 3)

Tiny land snail

Phrixgnathus sciadium is a tiny native land snail, about 5 millimetres wide, from Dargaville, Northland.

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New Zealand Mollusca
Photograph by Andrew Spurgeon

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Paddy Ryan. 'Snails and slugs', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, updated 25-Sep-11
URL: http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/snails-and-slugs/1/3/2