| 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 |
| Binomial name | |
| Rhytida oconnori Powell, 1946 | |
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]
The preferred habitat for Rhytididae in forests is under fern or leaf litter or in damp places under rocks. [4] They also live in sub-alpine zones in tussock or scrub. [4]
Rhytida oconnori is found only at the top of the South Island in the Abel Tasman National Park south east of Tākaka, and at the Punipaua Creek near the Paturau River west of Collingwood in Golden Bay. [3] [5] [6]
The song thrush (Turdus philomelos), an introduced species to New Zealand, is a predator of Rhytididae. [1]
Powelliphanta is a genus of large, air-breathing land snails, pulmonate gastropods in the family Rhytididae, found only in New Zealand. They are carnivorous, eating invertebrates, mostly native earthworms. Often restricted to very small areas of moist forest, they are prey to introduced mammalian predators, and many species are threatened or endangered.
Rhytididae is a taxonomic family of medium-sized predatory air-breathing land snails, carnivorous terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Rhytidoidea.
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Rhytida is a genus of medium-sized, air-breathing, predatory land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Rhytididae.
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Powelliphanta traversi, known as Travers' land snail, is a species of large, carnivorous land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Rhytididae. This species is endemic to the North Island of New Zealand between Wellington and Lake Waikaremoana.
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Rhytida australis is a species of small, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Rhytididae.
Rhytida meesoni is a species of small, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Rhytididae.
Rhytida greenwoodi is a species of medium-sized, air-breathing predatory land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Rhytididae.
