Cytora rakiura

Cytora rakiura
Holotype specimen

Naturally Uncommon (NZ TCS)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Architaenioglossa
Superfamily: Cyclophoroidea
Family: Pupinidae
Genus: Cytora
Species:
C. rakiura
Binomial name
Cytora rakiura
Marshall & Barker, 2007

Cytora rakiura is a species of very small land snail in the family Pupinidae.[1] It is endemic to New Zealand.[2]

Taxonomy

This species was described in 2007 by Bruce Marshall and Gary Barker from numerous specimens collected on Stewart Island including Ulva Island. The species name is in reference to Stewart Island.[1]

The holotype is stored at Te Papa Museum under the registration number M.030684. [3]

Description

The shell is 1.7 to 2mm in length when fully grown. It is coloured yellowish brown. [1]

Distribution and habitat

This species is only known from Stewart Island in New Zealand. It is a leaf litter dwelling detritivore that occurs in lowland broadleaved-conifer forests [1]

Conservation status

Under the New Zealand Threat Classification System, this species is listed as Naturally Uncommon with the qualifiers of "Range Restricted".[4]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Bruce Anders Marshall; Gary Michael Barker (2007). "A revision of New Zealand landsnails of the genus Cytora Kobelt & Mollendorff, 1897 (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Pupinidae)". Tuhinga: Records of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. 18. Te Papa: 49–113. ISSN 1173-4337. Wikidata Q106839770.
  2. ^ "Cytora rakiura Marshall & Barker, 2007". biotanz.landcareresearch.co.nz. 8 March 2011. Retrieved 2024-04-29.
  3. ^ "Collections Online - Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa". collections.tepapa.govt.nz. Retrieved 2024-07-13.
  4. ^ "NZTCS". nztcs.org.nz. Retrieved 2024-07-13.


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