Rhytida meesoni
Rhytida meesoni is a species of small, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Rhytididae.
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| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata clade Eupulmonata clade Stylommatophora informal group Sigmurethra |
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| Species: | R. meesoni |
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| Rhytida meesoni Suter, 1891 | |
Subspecies
- Rhytida meesoni meesoni Suter, 1891 South Island
- Rhytida meesoni perampla Powell, 1946 South Island
Distribution
This species occurs in New Zealand[1]
Life cycle
Dimensions of a group of eggs of Rhytida meesoni were 2.75 × 2.5, 2.75 × 2.25, 2.5 × 2.25, 2.5 × 2, 2.25 × 2 mm.[2]
References
- Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
- 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.
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