Rhytida oconnori
Appearance
Rhytida oconnori | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Order: | Stylommatophora |
Family: | Rhytididae |
Genus: | Rhytida |
Species: | R. oconnori
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Binomial name | |
Rhytida oconnori Powell, 1946
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Rhytida oconnori is a species of medium-sized, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Rhytididae.[1][2] It is found only at the top of New Zealand's South Island in the Abel Tasman National Park and at Parapara Peak in Golden Bay.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Powell, A. W. B. (Arthur William Baden) (1979). New Zealand mollusca : marine, land, and freshwater shells. Auckland [N.Z.]: Collins. p. 345. ISBN 0002169061. OCLC 6786656.
- ^ "New Zealand Mollusca - Rhytida oconnori". www.mollusca.co.nz. Retrieved 2017-10-10.
- ^ "Survey shows critically endangered snail is thriving in Abel Tasman". Stuff. 21 July 2016. Retrieved 2017-10-10.