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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)
> Rhytidarex (Genus)
> buddlei (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Rhytida (Rhytidarex) Powell, 1948
Synonymised Names:
=Rhytida (Rhytidarex) buddlei Powell, 1948
Images: Rhytidarex buddlei (Powell, 1948)
Holotype, collected in 1947, Three Kings Islands, NZ. © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Holotype, collected in 1947, Three Kings Islands, NZ. © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Holotype, collected in 1947, Three Kings Islands, NZ. © 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)
> Rhytidarex (Genus)
> buddlei (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Rhytida (Rhytidarex) Powell, 1948
Synonymised Names:
=Rhytida (Rhytidarex) buddlei Powell, 1948
Details: Rhytidarex buddlei (Powell, 1948)
Size/Grows to:
Length 68mm, Height 29mm
Distribution:
Three Kings Islands
Type Data:
  • South West Island, Three Kings Islands, NZ, (holotype)
Notes:
Land, Recent, Subfossil, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Brook, F.J. 2002 Conservation status of Rhytidarex buddlei (Mollusca: Pulmonata: Rhytididae) on the Three Kings Islands, northern New Zealand, Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 32(4) (p.555)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.347)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1948 Land Mollusca of the Three Kings Islands, Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum, 3 (p.282) 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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