Rhytida
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Rhytida is a genus of small land snails of the family Rhytididae, endemic to New Zealand. They have very thin shells, but these are reinforced with calcareous material, the opposite of the genus Wainuia. The eggs are small, roundly ovate and calcareous.
Rhytid species are widely distributed throughout New Zealand, from the Three Kings Islands to Stewart Island.
[edit] Species
- Rhytida australis Hutton,1883 Stewart Island
- Rhytida citrina Hutton,1883 South Island
- Rhytida greenwoodi greenwoodi (Gray,1950) North Island
- Rhytida greenwoodi stephenensis Powell,1930 Stephens Island, Cook Strait
- Rhytida greenwoodi webbi Powell,1949 South Island
- Rhytida meesoni meesoni Suter,1891 South Island
- Rhytida meesoni perampla perampla Powell,1946 South Island
- Rhytida oconnori Powell,1946 South Island
- Rhytida otagoensis Powell,1930 South Island
- Rhytida patula Hutton,1883 South Island
[edit] References
- Checklist of New Zealand Mollusca
- Powell A W B, New Zealand Mollusca William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
