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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)
> Wainuia (Genus)
> urnula (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Helix urnula Reeve, 1854
=Helix urnula L. Pfeiffer, 1855
=Rhytida yaldwyni Dell, 1955
=Wainuia urnula (L. Pfeiffer, 1855)
Images: Wainuia urnula (Reeve, 1854)
Greenaways Bush, Levin, NZ. 22mm. © rights reserved
Greenaways Bush, Levin. 22mm. © rights reserved
Greenaways Bush, Levin. 22mm. © rights reserved
Porirua, Wellington, NZ. © rights reserved
Holotype of Rhytida yaldwyni Dell, 1955, collected Jan 1953, Waewaepa Station ('Cave No. 9'), S of Dannevirke, Wairarapa, NZ (M.005720). ~26mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Holotype of Rhytida yaldwyni Dell, 1955, collected Jan 1953, Waewaepa Station ('Cave No. 9'), S of Dannevirke, Wairarapa, NZ (M.005720). ~26mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Holotype of Rhytida yaldwyni Dell, 1955, collected Jan 1953, Waewaepa Station ('Cave No. 9'), S of Dannevirke, Wairarapa, NZ (M.005720). ~26mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
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)
> Wainuia (Genus)
> urnula (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Helix urnula Reeve, 1854
=Helix urnula L. Pfeiffer, 1855
=Rhytida yaldwyni Dell, 1955
=Wainuia urnula (L. Pfeiffer, 1855)
Details: Wainuia urnula (Reeve, 1854)
Size/Grows to:
Width 28mm, Height 19mm
Distribution:
North Island. Wellington to Ruahine Range
Type Data:
  • Waewaepa Station, S of Dannevirke, NZ, (holotype of Rhytida yaldwyni Dell, 1955)
Notes:
Land, Subfossil, Native - Endemic
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References and Publications
  • Efford, M.G., Howitt, R., Gleeson, D. 2002 Phylogenetic relationship of Wainuia (Mollusca: Pulmonata) - biogeography and conservation implications, Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 32(3) (p.445)
  • Efford, M.G. 1998 Distribution and status of native carnivorous land snails in the genera Wainuia and Rhytida, Department of Conservation, Wellington, 101 (p.28)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.343)
  • Dell, R.K. 1955 Some New Zealand Subfossil Land Mollusca, Records of the Dominion Museum, 2(3) (p.135)
  • Reeve, L.A. 1852 Monograph of the genus Helix, Conchologia Iconica, or illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, 7 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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