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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
PUPINIDAE: LIAREINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Architaenioglossa (Order)
> Cyclophoroidea (Superfamily)
> Pupinidae (Family)
> Liareinae (Subfamily)
> Cytora (Genus)
> lignaria (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Japonia (Cytora) Kobelt & Möllendorff, 1897
=Murdochia Powell, 1941
Synonymised Names:
=Cyclostoma lignarium L. Pfeiffer, 1857
=Cytora ampla (Powell, 1941)
=Japonia (Cytora) lignaria (L. Pfeiffer, 1857)
=Murdochia ampla Powell, 1941
Images: Cytora lignaria (L. Pfeiffer, 1857)
Holotype, collected Feb 1932, Mt. Unuwhao, East of Spirits Bay, Far North, NZ (MA70497). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Collected Jun 1992, Tapotupotu Bush, Far North, NZ. 5.0mm x 5.3mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Collected Jun 1992, Tapotupotu Bush, Far North, NZ. 5.0mm x 5.3mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Collected Jun 1992, Tapotupotu Bush, Far North, NZ. 5.0mm x 5.3mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
PUPINIDAE: LIAREINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Architaenioglossa (Order)
> Cyclophoroidea (Superfamily)
> Pupinidae (Family)
> Liareinae (Subfamily)
> Cytora (Genus)
> lignaria (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Japonia (Cytora) Kobelt & Möllendorff, 1897
=Murdochia Powell, 1941
Synonymised Names:
=Cyclostoma lignarium L. Pfeiffer, 1857
=Cytora ampla (Powell, 1941)
=Japonia (Cytora) lignaria (L. Pfeiffer, 1857)
=Murdochia ampla Powell, 1941
Details: Cytora lignaria (L. Pfeiffer, 1857)
Size/Grows to:
Height 6.5mm
Distribution:
North Island, northern Aupouri Peninsula
Type Data:
  • Mount Unuwhao, E of Spirits Bay, NZ, (holotype)
  • Junction of Te Hapua and Spirits Bay Roads, NZ, (lectotype, paralectotype)
Notes:
Land, Native - Endemic
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References and Publications
  • Marshall, B.A., Barker, G.M. 2007 A revision of New Zealand landsnails of the genus Cytora Kobelt & Möllendorff, 1987 (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Pupinidae), Tuhinga: Records of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, 18 (p.84)
  • Goulstone, J.F., Mayhill, P.C., Parrish, G.R. 1993 An Illustrated Guide to the Land Mollusca of the Te Paki ecological region, Northland, New Zealand, New Zealand Journal of Zoology, 34 (p.5)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.86)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1941 Seven New Species of New Zealand Land Mollusca, Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum, 2(5) (p.260)
  • Pfeiffer, L. 1857 Descriptions of thirty-one new species of land-shells, from Mr. Cuming's collection, Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 25 (p.112) Original Description

NZ Geographical Regions
Key to symbols used in Checklist.
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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