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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)
> hispida (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Japonia (Cytora) Kobelt & Möllendorff, 1897
=Murdochia Powell, 1941
Images: Cytora hispida Gardner, 1967
Holotype, collected Apr 1965, Tapotupotu Bush, Far North, NZ (MA71293). 3.5mm. © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Collected Jun 1996, Tapotupotu Bay Road, SE of Cape Reinga, Far North, NZ. 2.7mm. 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)
> hispida (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Japonia (Cytora) Kobelt & Möllendorff, 1897
=Murdochia Powell, 1941
Details: Cytora hispida Gardner, 1967
Size/Grows to:
Height 3.6mm, Width 1.8mm
Distribution:
North Island, northern Aupouri Peninsula
Type Data:
  • Tapotupotu Bay, E of Cape Reinga, NZ, (holotype, paratype)
Notes:
Land, Native - Endemic, Litter-dwelling detritovore, occurring mainly in scrub on bush fringes
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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.74)
  • 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)
  • Gardner, N.W. 1967 Descriptions of six new species of Land Snails from the Far North of New Zealand, Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 8(21) (p.215) 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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