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Rhytida australis

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Rhytida australis
Scientific classification
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clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora

informal group Sigmurethra
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R. australis
Binomial name
Rhytida australis
Hutton, 1883

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

Distribution

This species is endemic to Stewart Island in New Zealand.[1]

Life cycle

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

References

  1. ^ Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
  2. ^ 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.