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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)
> tawhiti (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Japonia (Cytora) Kobelt & Möllendorff, 1897
=Murdochia Powell, 1941
Synonymised Names:
=Cytora sp. 13 (M.79151)
Images: Cytora tawhiti B.A. Marshall & Barker, 2007
Holotype, collected Dec 1983, Rose Island, Auckland Islands, NZ. Bequest of Pauline Mayhill, 2002. (M.146024). 1.8mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Adams Island, Auckland Islands, NZ. 1.6mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Adams Island, Auckland Islands, NZ. 1.6mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Adams Island, Auckland Islands, NZ. 1.6mm. 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)
> tawhiti (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Japonia (Cytora) Kobelt & Möllendorff, 1897
=Murdochia Powell, 1941
Synonymised Names:
=Cytora sp. 13 (M.79151)
Details: Cytora tawhiti B.A. Marshall & Barker, 2007
Size/Grows to:
Height 1.8mm
Distribution:
Auckland Islands
Type Data:
  • Rose Island, Auckland Islands, NZ, (holotype)
Notes:
Land, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
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.105) 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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