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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)
> perampla (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Eurhytida Möllendorff, 1902
=Helix (Rhytida) Albers, 1860
=Rhytida (Eurhytida) Möllendorff, 1902
Synonymised Names:
=Rhytida meesoni perampla Powell, 1946
Images: Rhytida perampla (Powell, 1946)
Near Motueka, West Nelson, NZ. 14.5mm. © rights reserved
Near Motueka, West Nelson, NZ. 14.5mm. © rights reserved
Near Motueka, West Nelson, NZ. 14.5mm. © rights reserved
Holotype of Rhytida meesoni perampla Powell, 1946, collected Anatoki Forks, SW of Takaka, NZ (MA71107). 14.0mm. © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Holotype of Rhytida meesoni perampla Powell, 1946, collected Anatoki Forks, SW of Takaka, NZ (MA71107). 14.0mm. © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Holotype of Rhytida meesoni perampla Powell, 1946, collected Anatoki Forks, SW of Takaka, NZ (MA71107). 14.0mm. © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
In damp fern litter, Kaiteriteri, Tasman, NZ. 12.0mm. © rights reserved
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)
> perampla (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Eurhytida Möllendorff, 1902
=Helix (Rhytida) Albers, 1860
=Rhytida (Eurhytida) Möllendorff, 1902
Synonymised Names:
=Rhytida meesoni perampla Powell, 1946
Details: Rhytida perampla (Powell, 1946)
Size/Grows to:
Length 15mm, Height 8mm
Distribution:
South Island. Takaka to West Nelson, and down to Mokihinui River
Type Data:
  • Anatoki Forks, SW of Takaka, NZ, (holotype of Rhytida meesoni perampla Powell, 1946)
Notes:
Land, Native - Endemic
Description:
Narrow umbilicus and inflated body whorl

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References and Publications
  • Efford, M.G. 1998 Distribution and status of native carnivorous land snails in the genera Wainuia and Rhytida, Department of Conservation, Wellington, 101 (p.36)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.345)
  • 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.127) Original Description

NZ Geographical Regions
Key to symbols used in Checklist.
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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