Cytora kamura
| Cytora kamura | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Architaenioglossa |
| Superfamily: | Cyclophoroidea |
| Family: | Pupinidae |
| Genus: | Cytora |
| Species: | C. kamura
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| Binomial name | |
| Cytora kamura Marshall & Barker, 2007
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Cytora kamura is a species of land snail that is endemic to New Zealand.
Description
The width of the shell grows up to 3.5–3.88 millimetres (0.138–0.153 in) and has a larger width than height, with a height/width ratio of 0.78–0.97. This species was previously misidentified as Cytora lignaria.[1]
Range
The species is found on both the southern North Island and the northern South Island.[1]
Etymology
The species was named after the Māori word for carpenter, as a reference to the fact that it was previously misidentified as Cytora lignaria, where 'lignaria' is Latin for 'carpenter'.[1]
See also
References
- ^ a b c Marshall, Bruce; Barker, Gary (1 June 2007). "A revision of New Zealand landsnails of the genus Cytora Kobelt & Mollendorff, 1897 (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Pupinidae)". Tuhinga. 18: 81–83. doi:10.3897/tuhinga.18.e34163. ISSN 2253-5861.
- Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch.