Rhytida oconnori

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Rhytida oconnori

Nationally Critical (NZ TCS)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Rhytididae
Genus: Rhytida
Species:
R. oconnori
Binomial name
Rhytida oconnori
Powell, 1946
Synonyms

Rhytida hadfieldi A. W. B. Powell, 1949 (junior subjective synonym)

Rhytida oconnori is a species of medium-sized, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Rhytididae.[2][3] It is found in a few places in the north of the South Island in New Zealand.

Rhytididae are carnivorous.[1] They grow up to 33m in length and 19mm in height.[3][4] Their eggs are larger than other Rhytididae species.[4]

Ecology

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