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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)
> duplicata (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Rhytida duplicata Suter, 1904 (original combination)
=Rhytida duplicata vivens Powell, 1936
Images: Amborhytida duplicata (Suter, 1904)
Far North. Sub-fossil in sand dunes. 26mm. © rights reserved
Far North. Sub-fossil in sand dunes. 26mm. © rights reserved
Far North. Sub-fossil in sand dunes. 26mm. © rights reserved
Far North, living in patches of bush. 21mm. © rights reserved
Far North, living in patches of bush. 21mm. © rights reserved
Far North, living in patches of bush. 21mm. © rights reserved
Holotype of Rhytida duplicata vivens Powell, 1946, collected Feb 1932, Mt. Unuwhao, Far North, NZ (MA71106). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Holotype of Rhytida duplicata vivens Powell, 1946, collected Feb 1932, Mt. Unuwhao, Far North, NZ (MA71106). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Holotype of Rhytida duplicata vivens Powell, 1946, collected Feb 1932, Mt. Unuwhao, Far North, NZ (MA71106). © 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)
> duplicata (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Rhytida duplicata Suter, 1904 (original combination)
=Rhytida duplicata vivens Powell, 1936
Details: Amborhytida duplicata (Suter, 1904)
Size/Grows to:
Length 26mm, Height 15mm
Distribution:
North Cape block to Cape Maria van Diemen
Type Data:
  • Mount Unuwhao, E of Spirits Bay, NZ, (holotype of Rhytida duplicata vivens Powell, 1946)
  • Herangi Hill, Cape Maria van Diemen, NZ, (lectotype of Rhytida duplicata Suter, 1904)
Notes:
Land, Recent, Subfossil, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Goulstone, J.F., Mayhill, P.C., Parrish, G.R. 1993 An Illustrated Guide to the Land Mollusca of the Te Paki ecological region, Northland, New Zealand, New Zealand Journal of Zoology, 34 (p.7)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.346)
  • Suter, H. 1904 New land-shells from New Zealand., Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London, 6 (p.155) 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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