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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)
> tuarua (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Japonia (Cytora) Kobelt & Möllendorff, 1897
=Murdochia Powell, 1941
Images: Cytora tuarua Marshall & Barker, 2007
Holotype, collected 19 June1986, Big Bush, NW of St Arnaud, Tasman, NZ (M.179688). 2.8mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Big Bush, NW of St Arnaud, Tasman, NZ. 2.7mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Big Bush, NW of St Arnaud, Tasman, NZ. 2.7mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Big Bush, NW of St Arnaud, Tasman, NZ. 2.7mm. 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)
> tuarua (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Japonia (Cytora) Kobelt & Möllendorff, 1897
=Murdochia Powell, 1941
Details: Cytora tuarua Marshall & Barker, 2007
Size/Grows to:
Height 2.85mm
Distribution:
South Island and Stewart Island
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.108) 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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