Rhytida
Encyclopedia
Rhytida is a genus
of small to medium-large, air-breathing, predatory land snail
s, terrestrial
pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family
Rhytididae
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This is the type genus of the family.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of small to medium-large, air-breathing, predatory land snail
Snail
Snail is a common name applied to most of the members of the molluscan class Gastropoda that have coiled shells in the adult stage. When the word is used in its most general sense, it includes sea snails, land snails and freshwater snails. The word snail without any qualifier is however more often...
s, terrestrial
Terrestrial animal
Terrestrial animals are animals that live predominantly or entirely on land , as compared with aquatic animals, which live predominantly or entirely in the water , or amphibians, which rely on a combination of aquatic and terrestrial habitats...
pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Rhytididae
Rhytididae
Rhytididae is a taxonomic family of medium-sized predatory air-breathing land snails, carnivorous terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Rhytidoidea.This family has no subfamilies.-Anatomy:...
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This is the type genus of the family.
Distribution
This genus is endemic to New ZealandSpecies
Species in the genus Rhytida include:- Rhytida australisRhytida australisRhytida australis is a species of small, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Rhytididae.-Distribution:This species is endemic to Stewart Island in New Zealand.- Life cycle :...
HuttonFrederick Wollaston HuttonCaptain Frederick Wollaston Hutton, FRS, was an English scientist who applied the theory of natural selection to explain the origins and nature of the natural history of New Zealand.- Biography :...
, 1883 Stewart Island/RakiuraStewart Island/RakiuraStewart Island/Rakiura is the third-largest island of New Zealand. It lies south of the South Island, across Foveaux Strait. Its permanent population is slightly over 400 people, most of whom live in the settlement of Oban.- History and naming :... - Rhytida citrinaRhytida citrinaRhytida citrina is a species of medium-sized, air-breathing predatory land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the eponymous family Rhytididae.-References:...
HuttonFrederick Wollaston HuttonCaptain Frederick Wollaston Hutton, FRS, was an English scientist who applied the theory of natural selection to explain the origins and nature of the natural history of New Zealand.- Biography :...
, 1883 South IslandSouth IslandThe South Island is the larger of the two major islands of New Zealand, the other being the more populous North Island. It is bordered to the north by Cook Strait, to the west by the Tasman Sea, to the south and east by the Pacific Ocean... - Rhytida greenwoodi
- Rhytida greenwoodi greenwoodi (Gray, 1950) North IslandNorth IslandThe North Island is one of the two main islands of New Zealand, separated from the much less populous South Island by Cook Strait. The island is in area, making it the world's 14th-largest island...
- Rhytida greenwoodi stephenensisRhytida greenwoodi stephenensisRhytida greenwoodi stephenensis is a subspecies of medium-sized, air-breathing, predatory land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Rhytididae.-References:...
PowellArthur William Baden PowellDr Arthur William Baden Powell CBE was a New Zealand malacologist, naturalist and palaeontologist, a major influence in the study and classification of New Zealand molluscs through much of the twentieth century. He was known to his friends and family by his third name, "Baden".Powell was born at...
, 1930 Stephens IslandStephens Island, New ZealandStephens Island is at the northern most tip of the Marlborough Sounds in the South Island of New Zealand. It lies two kilometres to the northeast of Cape Stephens, the northernmost point of D'Urville Island. The Māori call the island Takapourewa but Stephens Island is the commonly used name...
, Cook StraitCook StraitCook Strait is the strait between the North and South Islands of New Zealand. It connects the Tasman Sea on the west with the South Pacific Ocean on the east.... - Rhytida greenwoodi webbiRhytida greenwoodi webbiRhytida greenwoodi webbi is a subspecies of medium-sized, air-breathing, predatory land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Rhytididae.-References:...
PowellArthur William Baden PowellDr Arthur William Baden Powell CBE was a New Zealand malacologist, naturalist and palaeontologist, a major influence in the study and classification of New Zealand molluscs through much of the twentieth century. He was known to his friends and family by his third name, "Baden".Powell was born at...
, 1949 South Island
- Rhytida greenwoodi greenwoodi (Gray, 1950) North Island
- Rhytida meesoni
- Rhytida meesoni meesoni SuterHenry SuterHenry Suter was a New Zealand zoologist, naturalist, palaeontologist, and malacologist.- Biography :...
, 1891 South Island - Rhytida meesoni peramplaRhytida meesoni peramplaRhytida meesoni perampla is a subspecies of small, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Rhytididae.-References:...
PowellArthur William Baden PowellDr Arthur William Baden Powell CBE was a New Zealand malacologist, naturalist and palaeontologist, a major influence in the study and classification of New Zealand molluscs through much of the twentieth century. He was known to his friends and family by his third name, "Baden".Powell was born at...
, 1946 South Island
- Rhytida meesoni meesoni Suter
- Rhytida oconnoriRhytida oconnoriRhytida oconnoriis a species of medium-sized, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Rhytididae.-References:...
PowellArthur William Baden PowellDr Arthur William Baden Powell CBE was a New Zealand malacologist, naturalist and palaeontologist, a major influence in the study and classification of New Zealand molluscs through much of the twentieth century. He was known to his friends and family by his third name, "Baden".Powell was born at...
, 1946 South Island - Rhytida otagoensisRhytida otagoensisRhytida otagoensisis a species of small, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Rhytididae.-References:...
PowellArthur William Baden PowellDr Arthur William Baden Powell CBE was a New Zealand malacologist, naturalist and palaeontologist, a major influence in the study and classification of New Zealand molluscs through much of the twentieth century. He was known to his friends and family by his third name, "Baden".Powell was born at...
, 1930 South Island - Rhytida patulaRhytida patulaRhytida patula is a species of medium-sized, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Rhytididae.- Life cycle :...
HuttonFrederick Wollaston HuttonCaptain Frederick Wollaston Hutton, FRS, was an English scientist who applied the theory of natural selection to explain the origins and nature of the natural history of New Zealand.- Biography :...
, 1883 South Island
Further reading
- Efford M. G. 1998 Distribution and status of native carnivorous land snails in the genera WainuiaWainuiaWainuia is a genus of air-breathing predatory land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Rhytididae.-Species:Species within the genus Wainuia include:* Wainuia clarki , North Island...
and Rhytida. Science for Conservation 101: 1–47.