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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)
> pycrofti (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Rhytida pycrofti Powell, 1932
Images: Amborhytida pycrofti (Powell, 1932)
Holotype, collected in 1932, Poor Knights Islands, NZ (MA70665). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Holotype, collected in 1932, Poor Knights Islands, NZ (MA70665). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Holotype, collected in 1932, Poor Knights Islands, NZ (MA70665). © 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)
> pycrofti (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Rhytida pycrofti Powell, 1932
Details: Amborhytida pycrofti (Powell, 1932)
Size/Grows to:
Length 27mm, Height 13mm
Distribution:
Poor Knights Islands
Geographical Range:
L.N.
Notes:
Land, Native - 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.838)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.346)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1932 The Paryphantidae of New Zealand. Descriptions of further new species, Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum, 1 (p.156) 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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