Paryphanta
Paryphanta | |
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Apical view of a shell of Paryphanta busbyi | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
(unranked): | clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura |
Superfamily: | Rhytidoidea |
Family: | Rhytididae |
Genus: | Paryphanta Albers, 1850 |
Species | |
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Paryphanta is a genus of land snails in the family Rhytididae. Species from New Zealand are known commonly as kauri snails or pupurangi.[1] They are closely related and similar to snails in the genus Powelliphanta, which was formerly included within Paryphanta.
Species are:[2]
- Paryphanta busbyi (central and southern Northland)
- Paryphanta watti (northern Northland)
References
Further reading
- Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1