Cytora goulstonei

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Cytora goulstonei
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Architaenioglossa
Superfamily: Cyclophoroidea
Family: Pupinidae
Genus: Cytora
Species:
C. goulstonei
Binomial name
Cytora goulstonei
Marshall & Barker, 2007

Cytora goulstonei is a species of land snail that is endemic to New Zealand.

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Description

The shell grows up to a height of 3.7 millimetres (0.15 in), and has a larger height than width, with a height/width ratio of 1.22–1.39. [1]

Range

Cytora goulstonei is only found in the Northland Region, in the area around the Waipoua Forest and Mangōnui. The species is found up to an elevation of approximately 330 metres (1,080 ft). [1]

Etymology

The species is named after James Frederick Goulstone  . [1]

Taxonomy

The holotype is stored at the Te Papa Museum under registration number M.164803. [2]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 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: 69,71. doi: 10.3897/tuhinga.18.e34163 . ISSN   2253-5861.
  2. "land snail, Cytora goulstonei B. Marshall & Barker, 2007". Te Papa . Retrieved 3 April 2025.