Rhytida australis

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Rhytida australis
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Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Rhytididae
Genus: Rhytida
Species:
R. australis
Binomial name
Rhytida australis
Hutton, 1883

Rhytida australis is a species of small, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Rhytididae.

Distribution[]

This species is endemic to Stewart Island in New Zealand.[1]

Life cycle[]

The dimensions of the eggs of Rhytida australis are 2.75 × 2.25, 2.75 × 2, 2.75 × 2.25 mm.[2]

References[]

  1. ^ Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
  2. ^ (June) 1945. Notes on the Eggs of New Zealand Paryphantidae, With Description of a New Subgenus. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand, volume 5, 1945-46, pages 54-57.


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