''Cytora'' is a

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of very small air-breathing

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s in the

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Pupinidae Pupinidae is a taxonomic family of land snails with an operculum, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Cyclophoroidea (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase ...

. This genus is endemic to New Zealand.

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.Bruce A. Marshall & Gary M. Barker (2007
''A revision of New Zealand landsnails of the genus Cytora Kobelt & Möllendorff, 1897 (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Pupinidae)''
Tuhinga, Number 18 (2007), 49-113. Species in the genus ''Cytora'' include: Powell A. W. B., ''New Zealand Mollusca'', William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 * '' Cytora ampla'' (

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, 1941) * ''

Cytora annectens ''Cytora annectens'' is a species of very small air-breathing land snails with an operculum, terrestrial gastropod molluscs in the family Pupinidae. Distribution This species occurs in New Zealand New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is ...

'' (

, 1948) * ''

Cytora aranea ''Cytora aranea'' is a species of very small land snails with an operculum, terrestrial gastropod molluscs in the family Pupinidae. Distribution This species occurs in New Zealand New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country i ...

'' (

, 1928) * ''

Cytora calva ''Cytora calva'' is a species of very small land snails with an operculum, terrestrial gastropod molluscs in the family Pupinidae. Distribution This species occur in New Zealand New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in ...

'' ( Hutton, 1882) * ''

Cytora chiltoni ''Cytora chiltoni'' is a species of very small land snails with an operculum, terrestrial gastropod molluscs in the family Pupinidae. Description The length of the shell attains 3 mm, its diameter 2.25 mm. (Original description) The ...

'' (

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, 1896) * ''

Cytora cytora ''Cytora cytora'' is a species of very small land snails with an operculum, terrestrial gastropod molluscs in the family Pupinidae. Distribution This species occurs in New Zealand New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country i ...

'' (Gray, 1850) * ''

Cytora depressa ''Cytora depressa'' is a species of very small land snails with an operculum, terrestrial gastropod molluscs in the family Pupinidae. Distribution This species occur in New Zealand New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country ...

'' Gardner, 1968 * ''

Cytora fasciata ''Cytora fasciata'' is a species of very small land snails with an operculum, terrestrial gastropod molluscs in the family Pupinidae. Distribution This species occur in New Zealand New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country ...

'' (

, 1894) * ''

Cytora filicosta ''Cytora filicosta'' is a species of very small land snails with an operculum, terrestrial gastropod molluscs in the family Pupinidae. Distribution This species occur in New Zealand New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country ...

'' (

, 1948) * ''

Cytora hedleyi ''Cytora hedleyi'' is a species of very small land snails with an operculum, terrestrial gastropod molluscs in the family Pupinidae. Distribution This species occur in New Zealand New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country i ...

'' (

, 1894) * '' Cytora hirsutissima'' (

, 1951) * '' Cytora hispida'' Gardner, 1967 * '' Cytora kiama'' Climo, 1973 * ''

Cytora lignaria ''Cytora lignaria'' is a species of very small land snails with an operculum (gastropod), operculum, Terrestrial animal, terrestrial gastropod molluscs in the family (biology), family Pupinidae. Distribution This species occur in List of non-m ...

'' ( Pfeiffer, 1857) * ''

Cytora pallida ''Cytora pallida'' is a species of very small land snails with an operculum, terrestrial gastropod molluscs in the family Pupinidae. Distribution This species occur in New Zealand New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in ...

'' ( Hutton, 1883) * '' Cytora pannosa'' ( Hutton, 1882) * '' Cytora septentrionale'' (

, 1907) * '' Cytora solitaria'' (

, 1935) * '' Cytora tekakiensis'' Gardner, 1967 * '' Cytora torquilla'' (

, 1894)

References

Pupinidae Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Pupinidae-stub