Biology:Wainuia clarki

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Wainuia clarki
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Rhytididae
Genus: Wainuia
Species:
W. clarki
Binomial name
Wainuia clarki
Powell, 1936
Synonyms
  • Rhytida clarki

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[1]

Feeding habits

Wainuia clarki feeds mainly on earthworms.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Powell A W B, New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN:0-00-216906-1
  2. ↑ 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

Wikidata ☰ Q3072777 entry



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