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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)
> Wainuia (Genus)
> nasuta (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Wainuia urnula nasuta Powell, 1946
Images: Wainuia nasuta (Powell, 1946)
Holotype, collected Mt. Maude, D'Urville Island, Cook Strait, NZ (MA71150). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Holotype, collected Mt. Maude, D'Urville Island, Cook Strait, NZ (MA71150). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Holotype, collected Mt. Maude, D'Urville Island, Cook Strait, NZ (MA71150). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Found in damp litter, on the edge of bush, Picton, NZ. ~25mm
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)
> Wainuia (Genus)
> nasuta (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Wainuia urnula nasuta Powell, 1946
Details: Wainuia nasuta (Powell, 1946)
Size/Grows to:
Length 32mm, Height 20mm
Distribution:
D'Urville Island, Cook Strait to Marlborough
Geographical Range:
L.S.E.
Notes:
Land, Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Efford, M.G., Howitt, R., Gleeson, D. 2002 Phylogenetic relationship of Wainuia (Mollusca: Pulmonata) - biogeography and conservation implications, Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 32(3) (p.445)
  • Efford, M.G. 1998 Distribution and status of native carnivorous land snails in the genera Wainuia and Rhytida, Department of Conservation, Wellington, 101 (p.29)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.343)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1946 The Paryphantidae of New Zealand. No. 5. Further new species of Paryphanta, Wainuia and Rhytida, Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum, 3 (p.123) Original Description

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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