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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)
> tarangaensis (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Rhytida tarangaensis Powell, 1930
Images: Amborhytida tarangaensis (Powell, 1930)
Taranga Island (Hen & Chickens Islands), Hauraki Gulf, NZ. ~30mm
Taranga Island (Hen & Chickens Islands), Hauraki Gulf, NZ. ~30mm
Taranga Island (Hen & Chickens Islands), Hauraki Gulf, NZ. ~30mm
Holotype, collected in 1925, Taranga Island (Hen & Chickens Islands), Hauraki Gulf, NZ (MA70666). ~30mm. © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Holotype, collected in 1925, Taranga Island (Hen & Chickens Islands), Hauraki Gulf, NZ (MA70666). ~30mm. © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Holotype, collected in 1925, Taranga Island (Hen & Chickens Islands), Hauraki Gulf, NZ (MA70666). ~30mm. © 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)
> tarangaensis (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Rhytida tarangaensis Powell, 1930
Details: Amborhytida tarangaensis (Powell, 1930)
Size/Grows to:
Length 31mm, Height 19mm
Distribution:
Northland. Hen and Chickens Islands
Geographical Range:
L.N.
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.346)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1930 The Paryphantidae of New Zealand: their hypothetical ancestry, with descriptions of new species and a new genus, Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum, 1 (p.31) 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