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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
RHYTIDIDAE: RHYTIDINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> Euthyneura (Infraclass)
> Tectipleura (Subterclass)
> Eupulmonata (Superorder)
> Stylommatophora (Order)
> Helicina (Suborder)
> Rhytidoidei (Infraorder)
> Rhytidoidea (Superfamily)
> Rhytididae (Family)
> Rhytidinae (Subfamily)
> Rhytida (Genus)
> australis (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Eurhytida Möllendorff, 1902
=Helix (Rhytida) Albers, 1860
=Rhytida (Eurhytida) Möllendorff, 1902
Images: Rhytida australis Hutton, 1882
Collected Apr 2016, Port Pegasus, Stewart Island. 13mm
Collected Apr 2016, Port Pegasus, Stewart Island. 13mm
Collected Apr 2016, Port Pegasus, Stewart Island. 13mm
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
RHYTIDIDAE: RHYTIDINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> Euthyneura (Infraclass)
> Tectipleura (Subterclass)
> Eupulmonata (Superorder)
> Stylommatophora (Order)
> Helicina (Suborder)
> Rhytidoidei (Infraorder)
> Rhytidoidea (Superfamily)
> Rhytididae (Family)
> Rhytidinae (Subfamily)
> Rhytida (Genus)
> australis (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Eurhytida Möllendorff, 1902
=Helix (Rhytida) Albers, 1860
=Rhytida (Eurhytida) Möllendorff, 1902
Details: Rhytida australis Hutton, 1882
Size/Grows to:
Length 13mm, Height 8mm
Distribution:
Stewart Island and nearby islands
Geographical Range:
L.R.Sf.E.
Notes:
Land, Recent, Subfossil, Endemic, Has large reddish patch in umbilicus
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Key to Geographical Ranges
NZ Map showing Geographical Ranges
The symbols K.A.C.F.M.An. are used to indicate the geographical range of the species. They have been adopted to give an approximation of the range of each species within New Zealand.
K=
Kermadec Islands
A=
Aupourian - Kaipara Harbour, north around North Cape, encompassing the Three Kings Islands and south to East Cape
C=
Cookian - Lower North Island and the northern part of the South Island
F=
Forsterian - Otago, Fiordland and Stewart Island
M=
Moriorian - Chatham Islands, Pitt Island
An=
Antipodean - Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
E =
Endemic
I =
Introduced
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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