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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 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 Marshall & Barker, 2007
Size/Grows to:
Height 4.35mm
Distribution:
Southwest South Island, from Lake Ianthe to Preservation Inlet
Geographical Range:
L.S.
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.89) 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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