Cytora Explained

Cytora is a genus of very small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Pupinidae. This genus is endemic to New Zealand.

Description

The height of the shell is less than 7 mm.

Species

There are 42 species in the genus Cytora. However, 23 of them were first described in 2007.

Species in the genus Cytora include:^[1]

• Cytora annectens (Powell, 1948)
• Cytora aranea (Powell, 1928)
• Cytora calva (Hutton, 1882)
• Cytora chiltoni (Suter, 1896)
• Cytora cytora (Gray, 1850)
• Cytora depressa Gardner, 1968
• Cytora fasciata (Suter, 1894)
• Cytora filicosta (Powell, 1948)
• Cytora goulstonei B. A. Marshall & G. M. Barker, 2007
• Cytora hedleyi (Suter, 1894)
• Cytora hirsutissima (Powell, 1951)
• Cytora hispida Gardner, 1967
• Cytora kiama Climo, 1973
• Cytora lignaria (Pfeiffer, 1857)
• Cytora pallida (Hutton, 1883)
• Cytora pannosa (Hutton, 1882)
• Cytora rakiura Marshall & Barker, 2007
• Cytora septentrionale (Suter, 1907)
• Cytora solitaria (Powell, 1935)
• Cytora tekakiensis Gardner, 1967
• Cytora torquilla (Suter, 1894)

Synonyms:

• Cytora ampla (Powell, 1941): synonym of Cytora lignaria (L. Pfeiffer, 1857)

Notes and References

1. [Arthur William Baden Powell|Powell A. W. B.]