Species List for Family: Rhytididae
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- Amborhytida dunniae (Gray, 1840)
Length 30mm, Height 14mm
Land, Native - Endemic
North Island. Auckland to Awanui
- Amborhytida duplicata (Suter, 1904)
Length 26mm, Height 15mm
Land, Recent, Subfossil, Native - Endemic
North Cape block to Cape Maria van Diemen
- Amborhytida forsythi (Powell, 1952)
Length 14mm, Height 7mm
Land, Native - Endemic
North Island. Waipoua Forest, Kaitaia to Whangarei area
- Amborhytida pycrofti (Powell, 1932)
Length 27mm, Height 13mm
Land, Native - Endemic
Poor Knights Islands
- Amborhytida tarangaensis (Powell, 1930)
Length 31mm, Height 19mm
Land, Native - Endemic
Northland. Hen and Chickens Islands
- Delos jeffreysiana (L. Pfeiffer, 1853)
Width 7mm, Height 3mm
Land, Native - Endemic
Northland Peninsula and offshore Islands. Three Kings, Poor Knights, Great Barrier Island
- Delouagapia cordelia (Hutton, 1883)
Width 8mm, Height 4.5mm
Land, Native - Endemic
Northland Peninsula
- Delouagapia tasmani Goulstone & Brook, 1999
Width 13mm, Height 7.7mm
Land, Native - Endemic
Three Kings Islands
- Paryphanta busbyi (Gray, 1840)
Length 79mm, Height 44mm
Kauri Snail Pupurangi, Land, Native - Endemic
Northland Peninsula, Awanui to Warkworth
- Paryphanta watti Powell, 1946
Length 62mm, Height 23mm
Kauri Snail Pupurangi, Land, Recent, Subfossil, Native - Endemic
Far North. Cape Maria van Diemen to North Cape block
- Powelliphanta annectens (Powell, 1936)
Length 69mm, Height 38mm
Kauri Snail, Land, Native - Endemic
South Island. Karamea to Gunner Downs
- Powelliphanta augusta Walker, Trewick & Barker, 2008
Width 44mm, Height 27mm
Kauri Snail, Land, Native - Endemic
South Island. Mount Augustus ridgeline northeast of Westport - Powelliphanta fiordlandica (Climo, 1971)
Length 32mm, Height 16mm
Kauri Snail, Land, Native - Endemic
South Island. Fiordland
- Powelliphanta fletcheri (Powell, 1938)
Length 36mm, Height 20mm
Kauri Snail, Land, Native - Endemic
South Island. Mt.Tuhua, Westland
- Powelliphanta gagei (Powell, 1938)
Length 42mm, Height 24mm
Kauri Snail, Land, Native - Endemic
South Island. Greymouth
- Powelliphanta gilliesi (E.A. Smith, 1880)
Width 48mm, Height 24mm
Kauri Snail, Land, Native - Endemic
South Island. West Nelson
- Powelliphanta gilliesi aurea (Powell, 1946)
Length 50mm, Height 28mm
Kauri Snail, Land, Native - Endemic
South Island. West Nelson
- Powelliphanta gilliesi brunnea (Powell, 1938)
Length 56mm, Height 32mm
Kauri Snail, Land, Native - Endemic
South Island. North-West Nelson
- Powelliphanta gilliesi compta (Powell, 1930)
Length 48mm, Height 28mm
Kauri Snail, Land, Native - Endemic
South Island. West Nelson
- Powelliphanta gilliesi fallax (Powell, 1930)
Length 48mm, Height 25mm
Kauri Snail, Land, Native - Endemic
South Island. West Nelson
- Powelliphanta gilliesi jamesoni (Powell, 1936)
Length 45mm, Height 24mm
Kauri Snail, Land, Native - Endemic
South Island. West Nelson
- Powelliphanta gilliesi kahurangica (Powell, 1936)
Length 54mm, Height 27mm
Kauri Snail, Land, Native - Endemic
South Island. West Nelson
- Powelliphanta gilliesi montana (Powell, 1936)
Length 52mm, Height 28mm
Kauri Snail, Land, Native - Endemic
South Island. West Nelson
- Powelliphanta gilliesi subfusca (Powell, 1930)
Length 47mm, Height 25mm
Kauri Snail, Land, Native - Endemic
South Island. West Nelson
- Powelliphanta hochstetteri (L. Pfeiffer, 1862)
Length 74mm, Height 35mm
Kauri Snail, Land, Native - Endemic
South Island. West Nelson
- Powelliphanta hochstetteri anatokiensis (Powell, 1938)
Length 74mm, Height 35mm
Kauri Snail, Land, Native - Endemic
South Island. Tasman Mountains, Nelson
- Powelliphanta hochstetteri bicolor (Powell, 1930)
Length 67mm, Height 32mm
Kauri Snail, Land, Native - Endemic
South Island. Eastern Marlborough Sounds
- Powelliphanta hochstetteri consobrina (Powell, 1936)
Length 63mm, Height 30mm
Kauri Snail, Land, Native - Endemic
South Island. Nelson
- Powelliphanta hochstetteri obscura (Beutler, 1901)
Length 70mm, Height 39mm
Kauri Snail, Land, Native - Endemic
South Island. Western Marlborough Sounds
- Powelliphanta lignaria (Hutton, 1888)
Length 65mm, Height 38mm
Kauri Snail, Land, Native - Endemic
South Island. Mokihinui River
- Powelliphanta lignaria johnstoni (Powell, 1946)
Length 45mm, Height 25mm
Kauri Snail, Land, Native - Endemic
South Island. Mokihinui River area
- Powelliphanta lignaria lusca (Powell, 1949)
Length 57mm, Height 35mm
Kauri Snail, Land, Native - Endemic
South Island. Seddonville to Karamea, Northern Westland
- Powelliphanta lignaria oconnori (Powell, 1938)
Length 51mm, Width 42mm
Kauri Snail, Land, Native - Endemic
South Island. Karamea, Northern Westland
- Powelliphanta lignaria rotella (Powell, 1938)
Length 42mm, Height 28mm
Kauri Snail, Land, Native - Endemic
South Island. Seddonville, Northern Westland
- Powelliphanta lignaria ruforadiata (Powell, 1949)
Length 47mm, Height 29mm
Kauri Snail, Land, Native - Endemic
South Island. Seddonville, Northern Westland
- Powelliphanta lignaria unicolorata (Powell, 1930)
Length 50mm, Height 29mm
Kauri Snail, Land, Native - Endemic
South Island. Seddonville, Northern Westland
- Powelliphanta marchanti (Powell, 1932)
Length 54mm, Height 30mm
Kauri Snail, Land, Native - Endemic
North Island. Taihape to Taranaki, Ruahine Range, East Cape
- Powelliphanta patrickensis (Powell, 1949)
Length 36mm, Height 21mm
Kauri Snail, Land, Native - Endemic
South Island. Near Westport, Westland
- Powelliphanta rossiana (Powell, 1930)
Length 38mm, Height 25mm
Kauri Snail, Land, Native - Endemic
South Island. Ross, Westland
- Powelliphanta spedeni (Powell, 1932)
Length 39mm, Height 25mm
Kauri Snail, Land, Native - Endemic
South Island. Near Mataura River, Southland
- Powelliphanta spedeni lateumbilicata (Powell, 1946)
Width 39mm, Height 25mm
Kauri Snail, Land, Native - Endemic
South Island. Billow Mountains, Otago
- Powelliphanta superba (Powell, 1930)
Length 80mm, Height 40mm
Kauri Snail, Land, Native - Endemic
South Island. North West Nelson
- Powelliphanta superba harveyi (Powell, 1946)
Length 64mm, Height 31mm
Kauri Snail, Land, Native - Endemic
South Island. Gouland Downs, North West Nelson
- Powelliphanta superba mouatae (Powell, 1936)
Length 61mm, Height 36mm
Kauri Snail, Land, Native - Endemic
South Island. Gouland Downs, West Nelson
- Powelliphanta superba prouseorum (Powell, 1946)
Length 90mm, Height 38mm
Kauri Snail, Land, Native - Endemic
South Island. Near Kahurangi Point, West Nelson
- Powelliphanta superba richardsoni (Powell, 1946)
Length 76mm, Height 36mm
Kauri Snail, Land, Native - Endemic
South Island. Gouland Downs, North West Nelson
- Powelliphanta traversi (Powell, 1930)
Length 54mm, Height 27mm
Kauri Snail, Land, Native - Endemic
North Island. Horowhenua coastal plain to Manawatu River
- Powelliphanta traversi florida (Powell, 1946)
Length 54mm, Height 27mm
Kauri Snail, Land, Native - Endemic
Lower North Island. Horowhenua Plains
- Powelliphanta traversi koputaroa (Powell, 1946)
Length 53mm, Height 27mm
Kauri Snail, Land, Native - Endemic
Lower North Island. Levin
- Powelliphanta traversi latizona (Powell, 1949)
Length 45mm, Height 26mm
Kauri Snail, Land, Native - Endemic
Lower North Island. Tararua Ranges
- Powelliphanta traversi otakia (Powell, 1946)
Length 50mm, Height 26mm
Kauri Snail, Land, Native - Endemic
North Island. Near Otaki
- Powelliphanta traversi tarauaensis (Powell, 1938)
Length 53mm, Height 25mm
Kauri Snail, Land, Native - Endemic
Lower North Island. Tararua Ranges and Shannon Heights
- Prolesophanta sp. aff. dyeri (Petterd, 1879)
Width 3mm
Land, Native - Endemic
North Island. Desert Road, Waiouru - Rhytida australis Hutton, 1882
Length 13mm, Height 8mm
Land, Recent, Subfossil, Native - Endemic, Has large reddish patch in umbilicus
Stewart Island and nearby islands
- Rhytida citrina Hutton, 1882
Length 22mm, Height 12mm
Land, Native - Endemic
South Island. Nelson to Greymouth
- Rhytida greenwoodi (Gray, 1950)
Length 27mm, Height 17mm
Land, Recent, Subfossil, Native - Endemic
North Island. Auckland, Waikato and Coromandel area
- Rhytida greenwoodi webbi Powell, 1949
Length 26mm, Height 13mm
Land, Native - Endemic
South Island. Takaka, Nelson
- Rhytida meesoni Suter, 1891
Length 12mm, Height 6mm
Land, Native - Endemic,Flat, glossy, wide umbilicus
South Island. Nelson to Marlborough
- Rhytida oconnori Powell, 1946
Length 33mm, Height 19mm
Land, Recent, Subfossil, Native - Endemic
South Island. North West Nelson
- Rhytida otagoensis Powell, 1930
Length 18mm, Height 10mm
Land, Native - Endemic
South Island. Southland
- Rhytida patula Hutton, 1882
Length 28mm, Height 12mm
Land, Native - Endemic
South Island. Greymouth to Karamea
- Rhytida perampla (Powell, 1946)
Length 15mm, Height 8mm
Land, Native - Endemic, Narrow umbilicus and inflated body whorl
South Island. Takaka to West Nelson, and down to Mokihinui River
- Rhytida stephenensis Powell, 1930
Length 34mm, Height 19mm
Land, Native - Endemic, Large, robust, and usually heavily sculptured with oblique ridges
Nelson & Marlborough, Stephen Island, Cook Strait
- Rhytidarex buddlei (Powell, 1948)
Length 68mm, Height 29mm
Land, Recent, Subfossil, Native - Endemic
Three Kings Islands
- Rhytidarex johnsoni (Powell, 1948)
Length 22mm, Height 12mm
Land, Native - Endemic
Three Kings Islands
- Schizoglossa gigantea Powell, 1930
Length 32mm, Width 19mm, Height 6mm
Land, Recent, Subfossil, Native - Endemic, Similar shape to S.novoseelandica, but much larger
Gisborne, Hawkes Bay subfossil. Living in bush East Cape
- Schizoglossa major Powell, 1938
Length 49mm, Width 35mm, Height 8mm
Land, Native - Endemic, Subrecent. Larger than S.worthyae, and more roundly ovate
Waikato
- Schizoglossa novoseelandica (L. Pfeiffer, 1862)
Length 26mm, Width 14mm, Height 7mm
Land, Native - Endemic
North Island. Wanganui to Te Awamutu
- Schizoglossa novoseelandica barrierensis Powell, 1949
Length 20mm, Width 13mm, Height 6mm
Land, Native - Endemic
Great Barrier Island, Hauraki Gulf
- Schizoglossa worthyae Powell, 1949
Length 32mm, Width 22mm, Height 7mm
Land, Native - Endemic
North Island. South Auckland to Whangarei and Hokianga
- Wainuia clarki (Powell, 1936)
Length 26mm, Height 18mm
Land, Native - Endemic
Central North Island. Lake Taupo area
- Wainuia edwardi (Suter, 1899)
Length 37mm, Height 24mm
Land, Native - Endemic
South Island. North Canterbury to Kaikoura
- Wainuia nasuta (Powell, 1946)
Length 32mm, Height 20mm
Land, Native - Endemic
D'Urville Island, Cook Strait to Marlborough
- Wainuia urnula (Reeve, 1854)
Width 28mm, Height 19mm
Land, Subfossil, Native - Endemic
North Island. Wellington to Ruahine Range
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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