Biology:Rhytida patula

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Rhytida patula
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Rhytididae
Genus: Rhytida
Species:
R. patula
Binomial name
Rhytida patula
Hutton, 1883

Rhytida patula is a species of medium-sized, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Rhytididae.

Distribution

This species occurs in New Zealand[1]

Life cycle

Dimensions of eggs of Rhytida patula are 2.75 × 2.5, 3 × 2.25, 2.5 × 2, 3 × 2.5, 3 × 2.25, 3 × 2.25 mm.[2]

References

  1. Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN:0-00-216906-1
  2. O'Connor A. C. (June) 1945. Notes on the Eggs of New Zealand Paryphantidae, With Description of a New Subgenus. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand, volume 5, 1945-46, pages 54-57.

Wikidata ☰ Q3076686 entry