Cytora lignaria

Taxonavigation

Cytora lignaria (diameter about 6 mm)

Taxonavigation: Cyclophoroidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Spiralia Cladus: Lophotrochozoa Phylum: Mollusca Classis: Gastropoda Subclassis: Caenogastropoda Ordo: Architaenioglossa Superfamilia: Cyclophoroidea

Familia: Pupinidae
Subfamilia: Liareinae
Genus: Cytora
Species: Cytora lignaria
Synonyms (1): C. ampla

Name

• Cytora lignaria (Pfeiffer, 1857)
  • Authority for current placement: Kobelt & Möllendorff, 1897: 86 [Cytora as subgenus of Lagochilus]
    • undisputed by all subsequent authorities
  • Original combination: Cyclostoma lignarium
  • Original genus: Cyclostoma Lamarck, 1799
  • Original status: valid species
  • Primary type: lectotype
    • Fixation: designated by Marshall & Barker (2007: 84)
    • Description: shell
    • Repository: BMNH 198851/1
  • Type locality: 'New Zealand' ['restricted to North Island, northern Aupouri Peninsula, beside junction of Te Hapua and Spirits Bay roads', by Marshall & Barker (2007: 84)]

References

Primary references

• Marshall, B.A.; Barker, G.M. 2007: A revision of New Zealand landsnails of the genus Cytora Kobelt & Mollendorff, 1897 (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Pupinidae). Tuhinga, 18: 49–113. pdf available here [lectotype designation, see p. 84]
• Pfeiffer, L. 1857: Descriptions of thirty-one new species of land-shells, from Mr. Cuming’s collection. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1857[25(1)]: 107–113. DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1857.tb01210.x BHL [first availability, see p. 112]