Rhytida_australis

<i>Rhytida australis</i>

Rhytida australis

Species of gastropod

Rhytida australis is a species of small, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Rhytididae.

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Distribution

This species is endemic to Stewart Island in New Zealand.[1] They are also in Native Island, which is an island off the east coast of Stewart Island.[2]

Life cycle

The dimensions of the eggs of Rhytida australis are 2.75 × 2.25, 2.75 × 2, 2.75 × 2.25 mm.[3]

References

  1. [1]
    Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
  2. [2]
    "Distribution and status of native carnivorous land snails in the genera Wainuia and Rh" (PDF). Retrieved 29 August 2023.
  3. [3]
    O'Connor A. C. (June) 1945. Notes on the Eggs of New Zealand Paryphantidae, With Description of a New Subgenus. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand, volume 5, 1945-46, pages 54-57.
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