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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)
> kerrana (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Japonia (Cytora) Kobelt & Möllendorff, 1897
=Murdochia Powell, 1941
Synonymised Names:
=Cytora sp. 5 (M.31959)
Images: Cytora kerrana Gardner, 1968
Holotype, collected Jan 1966, Kerr Point Herb Field, North Cape, Far North, NZ (MA73136). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Collected Jan 1975, Waterfall Gully, Spirits Bay, Far North, NZ. 3.9mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Collected Jan 1975, Waterfall Gully, Spirits Bay, Far North, NZ. 3.9mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Collected Jan 1975, Waterfall Gully, Spirits Bay, Far North, NZ. 3.9mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Collected Apr 2005, Whatuwhiwhi, Karikari Peninsula, Northland, NZ. 3.8mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Collected Apr 2005, Whatuwhiwhi, Karikari Peninsula, Northland, NZ. 3.8mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Collected Apr 2005, Whatuwhiwhi, Karikari Peninsula, Northland, NZ. 3.8mm. 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)
> kerrana (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Japonia (Cytora) Kobelt & Möllendorff, 1897
=Murdochia Powell, 1941
Synonymised Names:
=Cytora sp. 5 (M.31959)
Details: Cytora kerrana Gardner, 1968
Size/Grows to:
Height 4.2mm
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.83)
  • 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.6)
  • Gardner, N.W. 1968 Four new species of Land Snails from New Zealand, Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 10(17) (p.160) 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
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