Biology:Wainuia clarki
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Short description: Species of gastropod
| Wainuia clarki | |
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| Holotype from the Auckland War Memorial Museum | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Rhytididae |
| Genus: | Wainuia |
| Species: | W. clarki
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| Binomial name | |
| Wainuia clarki Powell, 1936
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Wainuia clarki is a species of air-breathing predatory land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Rhytididae.
Distribution
This species occurs in New Zealand[2]
Feeding habits
Wainuia clarki feeds mainly on earthworms.[3]
Gallery
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Underside view of holotype -
Side view of holotype
References
- ↑ Walker, Kath et al. (February 2024). Todd, Amanda. ed. Conservation status of New Zealand indigenous terrestrial Gastropoda (slugs and snails) (Report). Part 3. Rhytididae (carnivorous snails), 2022. New Zealand Department of Conservation. p. 26. ISBN 978-1-7385800-7-1. ISSN 2324-1713. https://www.doc.govt.nz/globalassets/documents/science-and-technical/nztcs42entire.pdf. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
- ↑ Powell A W B, New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
- ↑ Efford M. G. 2000. Consumption of amphipods by the New Zealand landsnail Wainuia urnula (Pulmonata: Rhytididae). Journal of Molluscan Studies 66: 45–52. abstract
External links
- Help track secretive snails on Department of Conservation (New Zealand) website
Wikidata ☰ Q3072777 entry
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