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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)
> Rhytida (Genus)
> greenwoodi (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Eurhytida Möllendorff, 1902
=Helix (Rhytida) Albers, 1860
=Rhytida (Eurhytida) Möllendorff, 1902
Synonymised Names:
=Helix greenwoodi Gray, 1850
=Helix gunnii L. Pfeiffer, 1850
=Rhytida spelaea Powell, 1933
Images: Rhytida greenwoodi (Gray, 1950)
In bush litter, Waikato region, NZ. 22.4mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
In bush litter, Waikato region, NZ. 22.4mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
In bush litter, Waikato region, NZ. 22.4mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Bush near Levin, Manawatu, NZ. 24mm
In bush litter, Waikato region, NZ
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)
> Rhytida (Genus)
> greenwoodi (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Eurhytida Möllendorff, 1902
=Helix (Rhytida) Albers, 1860
=Rhytida (Eurhytida) Möllendorff, 1902
Synonymised Names:
=Helix greenwoodi Gray, 1850
=Helix gunnii L. Pfeiffer, 1850
=Rhytida spelaea Powell, 1933
Details: Rhytida greenwoodi (Gray, 1950)
Size/Grows to:
Length 27mm, Height 17mm
Distribution:
North Island. Auckland, Waikato and Coromandel area
Geographical Range:
L.N.R.Sf.
Notes:
Land, Recent, Subfossil, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Efford, M.G. 1998 Distribution and status of native carnivorous land snails in the genera Wainuia and Rhytida, Department of Conservation, Wellington, 101 (p.33)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.344)
  • Gray, J.E. 1850 Description of a new genus and several new species of terrestrial, fluviatile, and marine molluscous animals inhabiting New Zealand, Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 17 (p.165) Original Description

Key to Geographical Ranges
NZ Map showing Geographical Ranges
The symbols K.A.C.F.M.An. are used to indicate the geographical range of the species. They have been adopted to give an approximation of the range of each species within New Zealand.
K=
Kermadec Islands
A=
Aupourian - Kaipara Harbour, north around North Cape, encompassing the Three Kings Islands and south to East Cape
C=
Cookian - Lower North Island and the northern part of the South Island
F=
Forsterian - Otago, Fiordland and Stewart Island
M=
Moriorian - Chatham Islands, Pitt Island
An=
Antipodean - Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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