Rhytida oconnori

Rhytida oconnori is a species of medium-sized, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Rhytididae.[1][2] It is found only at the top of New Zealand's South Island in the Abel Tasman National Park and at Parapara Peak in Golden Bay.[3]

Rhytida oconnori
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Rhytididae
Genus: Rhytida
Species:
R. oconnori
Binomial name
Rhytida oconnori
Powell, 1946

References
  1. Powell, A. W. B. (Arthur William Baden) (1979). New Zealand mollusca : marine, land, and freshwater shells. Auckland [N.Z.]: Collins. p. 345. ISBN 0002169061. OCLC 6786656.
  2. "New Zealand Mollusca - Rhytida oconnori". www.mollusca.co.nz. Retrieved 2017-10-10.
  3. "Survey shows critically endangered snail is thriving in Abel Tasman". Stuff. 21 July 2016. Retrieved 2017-10-10.
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