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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
Greenaways Bush, Levin. 22mm
Greenaways Bush, Levin. 22mm
Porirua, Wellington, NZ
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
Geographical Range:
L.N.Sf.
Notes:
Land, Subfossil, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
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

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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