Species List for Family: Pupinidae
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Cytora brooki Marshall & Barker, 2007
Height 5.6mm, Width 5.6mm, Land, Endemic
North Island. SE of Cape Reinga, Far North L.N.E.
Cytora climoi Marshall & Barker, 2007
Height 2.7mm, Land, Endemic
South Island. NW of Collingwood L.S.E.
Cytora depressa Gardner, 1968
Height 2.25mm, Width 4.0mm, Land, Endemic
Northwestern South Island, Nelson region L.S.E.- Cytora fasciata (Suter, 1894)
Height 2.5mm, Width 1.9mm, Land, Endemic
North Island, from Northland and west coast between Raglan and Mt. Taranaki L.N.E. 
Cytora goulstonei Marshall & Barker, 2007
Height 3.7mm, Land, Endemic
Northland. Kaikohe to Kaitaia L.N.E.
Cytora hazelwoodi Marshall & Barker, 2007
Height 2.03mm, Land, Endemic
Northeastern North Island. Coromandel Range and Kaimai Mamaku Forest Park L.N.E.
Cytora hedleyi (Suter, 1894)
Height 2.4mm, Width 2.3mm, Land, Endemic
Northern North Island, from Wellsford to Waikato and Bay of Plenty L.N.E.
Cytora hispida Gardner, 1967
Height 3.5mm, Width 1.75mm, Land, Endemic, Litter-dwelling detritovore, occurring mainly in scrub on bush fringes
North Island, northern Aupouri Peninsula L.N.E.
Cytora houhora Marshall & Barker, 2007
Height 3.8mm, Land, Endemic
North Island. Mount Camel, Houhora L.N.E.
Cytora jamiesoni Marshall & Barker, 2007
Height 3.75mm, Width 3.75mm, Land, Endemic
Northwestern South Island, from Cape Farewell to Karamea L.S.E.
Cytora kahurangi Marshall & Barker, 2007
Height 4.1mm, Land, Endemic
Northwest South Island. E of Cape Farewell L.S.E.
Cytora kakano Marshall & Barker, 2007
Height 3.95mm, Land, Endemic
Northwestern South Island. NE of Westport L.S.E.
Cytora kamura Marshall & Barker, 2007
Height 4.0mm, Width 5.0mm, Land, Endemic
North and South Island L.N.S.E.- Cytora kerrana Gardner, 1968
Height 4.2mm, Land, Endemic
North Island, northern Aupouri Peninsula L.N.E. - Cytora lignaria (Pfeiffer, 1857)
Height 6.5mm, Land, Endemic
North Island, northern Aupouri Peninsula L.N.E. 
Cytora malleata Marshall & Barker, 2007
Height 6.45mm, Land, Endemic
North Island, eastern Northland, from Bay of Islands south to Whangarei L.N.E.
Cytora maui Marshall & Barker, 2007
Height 2.9mm, Land, Endemic
North Island, from Northland to Wanganui and Eketahuna L.N.E.
Cytora mayhillae Marshall & Barker, 2007
Height 4.35mm, Land, Endemic
Southwest South Island, from Lake Ianthe to Preservation Inlet L.S.E.
Cytora minor Marshall & Barker, 2007
Height 1.5mm, Land, Endemic
Western central North Island, between Raglan and Awakino L.N.E.
Cytora pakotai Marshall & Barker, 2007
Height 2.2mm, Land, Endemic
North Island, N of Dargaville L.N.E.- Cytora pallida (Hutton, 1883)
Height 6.0mm, Width 4.0mm, Land, Endemic
Northern North Island, from Doubtless Bay to Auckland L.N.E. - Cytora pannosa (Hutton, 1883)
Height 4.0mm, Width 3.25mm, Land, Endemic
Western South Island, from Cape Farewell to Haast L.S.E. 
Cytora paparoa Marshall & Barker, 2007
Height 3.2mm, Land, Endemic
South Island. South of Westport L.S.E.
Cytora parrishi Marshall & Barker, 2007
Height 2.65mm, Land, Endemic
North Island. Northland, from Karikari Peninsula and Doubtless Bay L.E.
Cytora rakiura Marshall & Barker, 2007
Height 2.0mm, Land, Endemic
Stewart Island. East of Port Pegasus L.S.E.
Cytora septentrionalis (Suter, 1907)
Height 4.0mm, Width 3.0mm, Land, Endemic
Northern North Island, from Doubtless Bay to Waipu Caves, Hunua Ranges, Coromandel Range and northern Kaimai Mamaku State Forest Park L.N.E.
Cytora taipa Marshall & Barker, 2007
Height 1.8mm, Land, Endemic
North Island. E side of Taipa River estuary, NE of Kaitaia L.N.E.
- Cytora tepakiensis Gardner, 1967
Height 3.75mm, Width 2.0mm, Land, Endemic
North Island, northern Aupouri Peninsula L.N.E. - Cytora tokerau Marshall & Barker, 2007
Height 2.6mm, Land, Endemic
North Island, Northland, Hunua Ranges, Great Barrier Island, Coromandel Peninsula, Mercury Islands L.N.E. 
Cytora torquillum (Suter, 1894)
Height 2.5mm, Width 1.75mm, Land, Endemic
Northern North Island, from northwestern Northland to west of Waimarama, south of Hastings L.N.E.
Cytora tuarua Marshall & Barker, 2007
Height 2.85mm, Land, Endemic
South Island and Stewart Island L.S.E.
Liarea aupouria Powell, 1954
Height 13mm, Width 6mm, Land, Endemic, Hydrophanous colour pattern, ranging from simple broad reddish-brown axial streaks to complicated zigzags and chevrons
Far North, Northland L.N.E.
Liarea aupouria tara Powell, 1954
Height 10mm, Width 4mm, Land, Endemic, Smaller and more slender form of aupouria. Hydrophanous colour pattern, with diffused axial streaks in dark olive-brown on a buff ground, and a single spiral band of dark brown around the upper base
Far North, Northland L.N.E.
Liarea bicarinata (Suter, 1907)
Height 7mm, Width 5mm, Land, Endemic, A small species, formerly classified as a Cytora. Shape turbinate, umbilicate and with the base bicarinate
Northland, Whangarei L.N.E.
Liarea egea (Gray, 1850)
Height 7mm, Width 4.5mm, Land, Endemic, Colour pattern consisting of a broad spiral brown band on the upper base, and a hydrophanous pattern of irregular axial streaks on the spire
North Island. Waikato and Rotorua, northward to Wellsford. Little Barrier and Chickens Islands L.N.E.
Liarea egea tessellata Powell, 1954
Height 10mm, Width 5mm, Land, Endemic, Larger and taller than egea, with an extra half to one whorl, and has a more complicated hydrophanous pattern of zigzag and tesselations
Northland. Warkworth to Mangamuka Gorge L.N.E.
Liarea hochstetteri (L. Pfeiffer, 1861)
Height 10mm, Width 6mm, Land, Endemic, Has a broad flange surrounding the peristome. Sculptured with closely spaced narrow axial plications, uniformly dark horny or sepia, and never with a colour pattern or hydrophanous pattern
Northland. Awanui to Hokianga, Bay of Islands and Wellsford L.N.E.
Liarea hochstetteri alta Powell, 1954
Height 13mm, Width 6mm, Land, Endemic, Larger than typical hochstetteri and has a relatively much taller spire. The peristome is broadly expanded as in the ecotype from Herekino and the other western perhumid areas
Whangarei, Northland L.N.E.
Liarea hochstetteri carinella (L. Pfeiffer, 1861)
Height 8mm, Width 5.5mm, Land, Endemic, Constantly smaller and more slender spired than the typical species. Colour uniformly light brown, without any hydrophanous markings
North Island. Waitakere Range, Auckland, Kawau Island to Awakino Gorge L.N.E.
Liarea lepida (Suter, 1904)
Height 7.5mm, Width 4mm, Land, Endemic, Sculpture of closely spaced regular very oblique narrow membranous axials, becoming obsolete over the body whorl and absent from the base. Colour pale olive, with a hydropanous pattern of irregular pale buff maculations, of rimilar pattening in darker-brown. The base is uniformly olive to dark brown without markings or zones
North Island. Wellington to Levin, and through to Hawkes Bay L.N.E.
Liarea ornata Powell, 1954
Height 8.5mm, Width 5mm, Land, Endemic, Colour dark reddish-brown with a conspicuous hydrophanous pattern in pale buff, in the form of elaborate chevrons. The base uniformly dark brown, the umbilical cavity and outer lip flange pale brown
North Island. North of Auckland L.N.E.
Liarea turriculata (L. Pfeiffer, 1855)
Height 11mm, Width 5mm, Land, Endemic, Yellowish-brown with a broad spiral zone of dark brown on the upeer part of the base. After the wearing down of the axials the hydrophanous epidermal pattern develops on the spire
North Island. Northland, Auckland to Kaitaia L.N.E.
Liarea turriculata partula Powell, 1954
Height 8mm, Width 4.5mm, Land, Endemic, Colour pale brown with a dark reddish-brown spiral band at the top of the base, polished, a few distant weak membranous axials, but no hydrophanous pattern
North Island, Warkworth. Also recorded from Great Barrier Island, Hauraki Gulf L.N.E.
Liarea turriculata waipoua Powell, 1954
Height 10mm, Width 5mm, Land, Endemic, Colour uniformly brown, without a hydrophanous pattern, but with a spiral band of dark brown on the upper part of the base. Sculpture of closely spaced narrow membranous axials bearing short bristles
North Island. Waipoua Kauri Forest to Hokianga L.N.E.
Key to 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
E =
Endemic
I =
Introduced
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil