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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)
> motu (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Japonia (Cytora) Kobelt & Möllendorff, 1897
=Murdochia Powell, 1941
Images: Cytora motu Marshall & Barker, 2007
Holotype, collected 15 Jan 1978, Poor Knights Islands, Puweto Valley, Aorangi Island, NZ (M.057625). 2.5mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Aorangi Island, Poor Knights Islands, NZ. 2.5mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Aorangi Island, Poor Knights Islands, NZ. 2.5mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Aorangi Island, Poor Knights Islands, NZ. 2.6mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Aorangi Island, Poor Knights Islands, NZ. 2.6mm. 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)
> motu (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Japonia (Cytora) Kobelt & Möllendorff, 1897
=Murdochia Powell, 1941
Details: Cytora motu Marshall & Barker, 2007
Size/Grows to:
Height 2.8mm
Distribution:
Poor Knights Islands
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.91) 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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