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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
Geographical Range:
L.N.
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.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

Key to Geographical Ranges
NZ Map showing Geographical Ranges
The symbols K.A.C.F.M.An. are used to indicate the geographical range of the species. They have been adopted to give an approximation of the range of each species within New Zealand.
K=
Kermadec Islands
A=
Aupourian - Kaipara Harbour, north around North Cape, encompassing the Three Kings Islands and south to East Cape
C=
Cookian - Lower North Island and the northern part of the South Island
F=
Forsterian - Otago, Fiordland and Stewart Island
M=
Moriorian - Chatham Islands, Pitt Island
An=
Antipodean - Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil