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: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 (Hutton, 1882) Cytora chiltoni (Suter, 1896) Cytora cytora (Gray, 1850) Cytora depressa Gardner, 1968 Cytora fasciata (Suter, 1894) Cytora filicosta (Powell, 1948) Cytora goulstonei B. A. Marshall & G. M. Barker, 2007 Cytora hedleyi (Suter, 1894) Cytora hirsutissima (Powell, 1951) Cytora hispida Gardner, 1967 Cytora kiama Climo, 1973 Cytora lignaria (Pfeiffer, 1857) Cytora pallida (Hutton, 1883) Cytora pannosa (Hutton, 1882) Cytora rakiura Marshall & Barker, 2007 Cytora septentrionale (Suter, 1907) Cytora solitaria (Powell, 1935) Cytora tekakiensis Gardner, 1967 Cytora torquillum (Suter, 1894) Cytora tuarua B. A. Marshall & G. M. Barker, 2007
Synonyms Cytora ampla (Powell, 1941): synonym of Cytora lignaria (L. Pfeiffer, 1857)
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