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Rhytida oconnori

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Rhytida oconnori

Nationally Critical (NZ TCS)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this 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 only at the top of New Zealand's South Island in the Abel Tasman National Park and at Parapara Peak in Golden Bay.[4]

References

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  1. ^ Walker, Kath; et al. (February 2024). Todd, Amanda (ed.). Conservation status of New Zealand indigenous terrestrial Gastropoda (slugs and snails) (PDF) (Report). Part 3. Rhytididae (carnivorous snails), 2022. New Zealand Department of Conservation. p. 26. ISBN 978-1-7385800-7-1. ISSN 2324-1713. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "New Zealand Mollusca - Rhytida oconnori". www.mollusca.co.nz. Retrieved 2017-10-10.
  4. ^ "Survey shows critically endangered snail is thriving in Abel Tasman". Stuff. 21 July 2016. Retrieved 2017-10-10.