''Cytora'' is a

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of very small air-breathing

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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: Powell A. W. B., ''New Zealand Mollusca'', William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 * '' Cytora annectens'' ( Powell, 1948) * '' Cytora aranea'' ( Powell, 1928) * '' Cytora calva'' (

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, 1882) * '' Cytora chiltoni'' (

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, 1896) * '' Cytora cytora'' (Gray, 1850) * '' Cytora depressa'' Gardner, 1968 * '' Cytora fasciata'' (

, 1894) * '' Cytora filicosta'' ( Powell, 1948) * '' Cytora goulstonei'' B. A. Marshall & G. M. Barker, 2007 * '' Cytora hedleyi'' (

, 1894) * '' Cytora hirsutissima'' ( Powell, 1951) * '' Cytora hispida'' Gardner, 1967 * '' Cytora kiama'' Climo, 1973 * ''

Cytora lignaria ''Cytora lignaria'' 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 () is an island country in the south ...

'' ( Pfeiffer, 1857) * '' Cytora pallida'' (

, 1883) * '' Cytora pannosa'' (

, 1882) * '' Cytora rakiura'' Marshall & Barker, 2007 * '' Cytora septentrionale'' (

, 1907) * '' Cytora solitaria'' ( Powell, 1935) * '' Cytora tekakiensis'' Gardner, 1967 * '' Cytora torquillum'' (

, 1894) * '' Cytora tuarua'' B. A. Marshall & G. M. Barker, 2007 ;Synonyms: * ''Cytora ampla'' ( Powell, 1941): synonym of ''

'' (L. Pfeiffer, 1857)

References

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