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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)
> forsythi (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Rhytida forsythi Powell, 1952
Images: Amborhytida forsythi (Powell, 1952)
Holotype, collected near Taipa River, Northland, NZ (MA71182). 14mm. © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Holotype, collected near Taipa River, Northland, NZ (MA71182). 14mm. © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Holotype, collected near Taipa River, Northland, NZ (MA71182). 14mm. © 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)
> Amborhytida (Genus)
> forsythi (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Rhytida forsythi Powell, 1952
Details: Amborhytida forsythi (Powell, 1952)
Size/Grows to:
Length 14mm, Height 7mm
Distribution:
North Island. Waipoua Forest, Kaitaia to Whangarei area
Geographical Range:
L.N.E.
Notes:
Land, Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Spencer, H.G., Brook, F.J., Kennedy, M. 2006 Phylogeography of Kauri Snails and their allies from Northland, New Zealand, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 38 (p.839)
  • Gardner, N.W. Aug/1979 Rhytida forsythi Powell, Poirieria, 10(3) (p.50)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.345)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1952 Four new species of New Zealand land snails and the systematic position of Gerontia cordelia Hutton, Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum, 4(3) (p.165) Original Description

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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
E =
Endemic
I =
Introduced
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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