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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)
> Amborhytida (Genus)
> tarangaensis (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Rhytida tarangaensis Powell, 1930
Images: Amborhytida tarangaensis (Powell, 1930)
Taranga Island (Hen & Chickens Islands), Hauraki Gulf, NZ. ~30mm
Taranga Island (Hen & Chickens Islands), Hauraki Gulf, NZ. ~30mm
Taranga Island (Hen & Chickens Islands), Hauraki Gulf, NZ. ~30mm
Holotype, collected in 1925, Taranga Island (Hen & Chickens Islands), Hauraki Gulf, NZ (MA70666). ~30mm. © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Holotype, collected in 1925, Taranga Island (Hen & Chickens Islands), Hauraki Gulf, NZ (MA70666). ~30mm. © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Holotype, collected in 1925, Taranga Island (Hen & Chickens Islands), Hauraki Gulf, NZ (MA70666). ~30mm. © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
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)
> Amborhytida (Genus)
> tarangaensis (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Rhytida tarangaensis Powell, 1930
Details: Amborhytida tarangaensis (Powell, 1930)
Size/Grows to:
Length 31mm, Height 19mm
Distribution:
Northland. Hen and Chickens Islands
Type Data:
  • Taranga Island, Hen & Chickens Islands, Hauraki Gulf, NZ, (holotype)
Notes:
Land, Native - Endemic
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References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.346)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1930 The Paryphantidae of New Zealand: their hypothetical ancestry, with descriptions of new species and a new genus, Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum, 1 (p.31) 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