Rhytida australis
Appearance
Rhytida australis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Order: | Stylommatophora |
Family: | Rhytididae |
Genus: | Rhytida |
Species: | R. australis
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Binomial name | |
Rhytida australis Hutton, 1883
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Rhytida australis is a species of small, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Rhytididae.
Distribution
[edit]This species is endemic to Stewart Island in New Zealand.[1] They are also in Native Island, which is an island off the east coast of Stewart Island.[2]
Life cycle
[edit]The dimensions of the eggs of Rhytida australis are 2.75 × 2.25, 2.75 × 2, 2.75 × 2.25 mm.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
- ^ "Distribution and status of native carnivorous land snails in the genera Wainuia and Rh" (PDF). Retrieved 29 August 2023.
- ^ O'Connor A. C. (June) 1945. Notes on the Eggs of New Zealand Paryphantidae, With Description of a New Subgenus. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand, volume 5, 1945-46, pages 54-57.