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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. © rights reserved
In bush litter, Waikato region, NZ. © rights reserved
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
Type Data:
  • Ocean Beach, SW of Cape Kidnappers, Hawkes Bay, NZ, (holotype of Rhytida spelaea Powell, 1933)
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

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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