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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)
> Amborhytida (Genus)
> dunniae (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Helix dunniae Gray, 1840
Images: Amborhytida dunniae (Gray, 1840)
Dead, in litter on edge of bush, Whangarei, Northland, NZ. 23mm. © rights reserved
Dead, in litter on edge of bush, Whangarei, Northland, NZ. 23mm. © rights reserved
Dead, in litter on edge of bush, Whangarei, Northland, NZ. 23mm. © 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)
> Amborhytida (Genus)
> dunniae (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Helix dunniae Gray, 1840
Details: Amborhytida dunniae (Gray, 1840)
Size/Grows to:
Length 30mm, Height 14mm
Distribution:
North Island. Auckland to Awanui
Notes:
Land, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.345)
  • Gray, J.E. 1840 New land shells from New Zealand, Annals and magazine of natural history; zoology, botany, and geology, 6 (p.317) 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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