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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)
> mayhillae (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Japonia (Cytora) Kobelt & Möllendorff, 1897
=Murdochia Powell, 1941
Images: Cytora mayhillae B.A. Marshall & Barker, 2007
Holotype, collected Feb 1985, above Blanket Bay, Secretary Island, Doubtful Sound, NZ. Bequest of Pauline Mayhill, 2002. (M.146093). 4mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Lake Thompson Hut, Wapiti River, Fiordland, NZ. 4.3mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Lake Thompson Hut, Wapiti River, Fiordland, NZ. 4.3mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Lake Thompson Hut, Wapiti River, Fiordland, NZ. 4.3mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Entry Island, Fiordland, NZ. 4.7mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Entry Island, Fiordland, NZ. 4.7mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Entry Island, Fiordland, NZ. 4.7mm. 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)
> mayhillae (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Japonia (Cytora) Kobelt & Möllendorff, 1897
=Murdochia Powell, 1941
Details: Cytora mayhillae B.A. Marshall & Barker, 2007
Size/Grows to:
Height 4.35mm
Distribution:
Southwest South Island, from Lake Ianthe to Preservation Inlet
Type Data:
  • Secretary Island, Doubtful Sound, Fiordland, NZ (60 metres a.s.l.), (holotype)
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.89) 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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