Rhytididae
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| Rhytididae | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scientific classification | ||||||||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||||||
| Genera | ||||||||||||||||||||
|
See text. |
Rhytididae is a taxonomic family of medium-sized predatory air-breathing land snails, carnivorous terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs.
Contents |
[edit] Distribution
This family of land snails has a range which extends from South Africa to New Guinea, some of the higher South Pacific islands, New Zealand and Australia. The New Zealand genera include Delos, and Delouagapia, Paryphanta, Powelliphanta, Rhytida, Wainuia and Schizoglossa. These, however, probably don't form a monophyletic group as indicated by their differences in their size, shape and radular morphology [1]
[edit] Genera within the family Rhytididae
- Amborhytida
- Austrorhytida
- Delos
- Delouagapia
- Diplomphalus
- Echotrida
- Hebridelos
- Macrocycloides
- Namoitena
- Nata
- Natalina
- Occirhenea
- Ouagapia
- Paryphanta
- Powelliphanta
- Prolesophanta
- Pseudomphalus
- Ptychorhytida
- Rhytida
- Rhytidarex
- Saladelos
- Schizoglossa
- Strangesta
- Tasmaphena
- Torresiropa
- Victaphanta
- Wainuia
[edit] Notes
- ^ Murray Efford, Robyn Howitt and Dianne Gleeson (September 2002). "Phylogenetic relationships of Wainuia (Mollusca : Pulmonata)—biogeography and conservation implications". Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 32 (3).
[edit] References
- Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
- WikiSpecies
