Samiksha Jaiswal (Editor)

Cytora

Updated on
Edit
Like
Comment
Share on FacebookTweet on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare on Reddit
Kingdom
  
Animalia

Family
  
Pupinidae

Scientific name
  
Cytora

Higher classification
  
Liareidae

Superfamily
  
Cyclophoroidea

Subfamily
  
Liareinae

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Rank
  
Genus

Lower classifications
  
Cytora hirsutissima, Cytora annectens

Cytora is a genus of very small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Pupinidae. This genus is endemic to New Zealand.

Contents

Winter summit 2016 cytora


Description

The height of the shell is less than 7 mm.

Species

There are 42 species in the genus Cytora. However, 23 of them were first described in 2007.

Species in the genus Cytora include:

  • Cytora ampla (Powell, 1941)
  • Cytora annectens (Powell, 1948)
  • Cytora aranea (Powell, 1928)
  • Cytora calva (Hutton, 1883)
  • Cytora chiltoni (Suter, 1896)
  • Cytora cytora (Gray, 1850)
  • Cytora depressa Gardner, 1968
  • Cytora fasciata (Suter, 1894)
  • Cytora filicosta (Powell, 1948)
  • Cytora hedleyi (Suter, 1894)
  • Cytora hirsutissima (Powell, 1951)
  • Cytora hispida Gardner, 1967
  • Cytora kiama Climo, 1973
  • Cytora lignaria (Pfeiffer, 1857)
  • Cytora pallida (Hutton, 1883)
  • Cytora pannosa (Powell, 1951)
  • Cytora septentrionale (Suter, 1907)
  • Cytora solitaria (Powell, 1935)
  • Cytora tekakiensis Gardner, 1967
  • Cytora torquilla (Suter, 1894)

    • References

    Cytora Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA