Cytora


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.

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 annectens
  • Cytora aranea
  • Cytora calva
  • Cytora chiltoni
  • Cytora cytora
  • Cytora depressa Gardner, 1968
  • Cytora fasciata
  • Cytora filicosta
  • Cytora goulstonei B. A. Marshall & G. M. Barker, 2007
  • Cytora hedleyi
  • Cytora hirsutissima
  • Cytora hispida Gardner, 1967
  • Cytora kiama Climo, 1973
  • Cytora lignaria
  • Cytora pallida
  • Cytora pannosa
  • Cytora rakiura Marshall & Barker, 2007
  • Cytora septentrionale
  • Cytora solitaria
  • Cytora tekakiensis Gardner, 1967
  • Cytora torquillum
  • Cytora tuarua B. A. Marshall & G. M. Barker, 2007
;Synonyms:
  • Cytora ampla : synonym of ''Cytora lignaria''