Wainuia edwardi
Appearance
Wainuia edwardi | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Order: | Stylommatophora |
Family: | Rhytididae |
Genus: | Wainuia |
Species: | W. edwardi
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Binomial name | |
Wainuia edwardi Suter, 1899
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Wainuia edwardi is a rare terrestrial gastropod mollusc in the family Rhytididae, endemic to the South Island of New Zealand.
Distribution
[edit]This species occurs in New Zealand[1]
Feeding habits
[edit]Wainuia edwardi feeds mainly on earthworms.[2]
Life cycle
[edit]Dimensions of eggs of Wainuia edwardi (?) are 5 × 3.75 mm.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
- ^ Efford M. G. 2000. Consumption of amphipods by the New Zealand landsnail Wainuia urnula (Pulmonata: Rhytididae). Journal of Molluscan Studies 66: 45–52. abstract
- ^ 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.