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Wainuia edwardi

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Wainuia edwardi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Rhytididae
Genus: Wainuia
Species:
W. edwardi
Binomial name
Wainuia edwardi
Suter, 1899

Wainuia edwardi is a rare terrestrial gastropod mollusc in the family Rhytididae, endemic to the South Island of New Zealand.

Distribution

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This species occurs in New Zealand[1]

Feeding habits

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Wainuia edwardi feeds mainly on earthworms.[2]

Life cycle

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Dimensions of eggs of Wainuia edwardi (?) are 5 × 3.75 mm.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
  2. ^ Efford M. G. 2000. Consumption of amphipods by the New Zealand landsnail Wainuia urnula (Pulmonata: Rhytididae). Journal of Molluscan Studies 66: 45–52. abstract
  3. ^ 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.