Rhytida

Rhytida is a genus of medium-sized, air-breathing, predatory land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Rhytididae.

Rhytida
Rhytida greenwoodii shells
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Rhytididae
Subfamily: Rhytidinae
Genus: Rhytida
Martens, 1860
Species

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This is the type genus of the family.

Distribution

This genus is endemic to New Zealand.[1]

Species

Species and subspecies recognised in the genus Rhytida are:[2]

Note that the species/subspecies status of some of the above taxa is unclear and differs between sources.

References

  1. Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
  2. Checklist of New Zealand Mollusca

Further reading

  • Efford M. G. 1998 Distribution and status of native carnivorous land snails in the genera Wainuia and Rhytida. Science for Conservation 101: 1–47.
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