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{{Short description|Species of gastropod}} |
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| image_caption = ''Rhytida citrina'' seen in the [[West Coast Region]], New Zealand |
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| regnum = [[Animal]]ia |
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| phylum = [[Mollusc]]a |
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| classis = [[Gastropod]]a |
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| ordo = [[Pulmonata]] |
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| familia = [[Rhytididae]] |
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| genus = ''[[Rhytida]]'' |
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| species = '''''R. citrina''''' |
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'''''Rhytida citrina''''' is a [[species]] of medium-sized, air-breathing [[predatory]] |
'''''Rhytida citrina''''' is a [[species]] of medium-sized, air-breathing [[predatory]] [[land snail]], a [[terrestrial animal|terrestrial]] [[pulmonate]] [[gastropod]] [[mollusc]] in the [[eponymous]] [[family (biology)|family]] [[Rhytididae]]. |
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This snail is [[endemic (ecology)|endemic]] to the western part of the [[South Island]] of [[New Zealand]]. |
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==Shell description== |
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The shell [[whorl (mollusc)|whorl]]s are closely coiled. Shell coloration is yellowish-olive, hence the name ''citrina'', meaning lemon yellow. |
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The shell diameter is up to 22 [[millimetre|mm]], and the height is up to 12 mm. |
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[[Category:Taxa named by Frederick Hutton (scientist)]] |
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[[Category:Gastropods described in 1883]] |
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[[Category:Endemic fauna of New Zealand]] |
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[[Category:Endemic molluscs of New Zealand]] |
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==References== |
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Latest revision as of 02:46, 28 July 2024
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| Rhytida citrina seen in the West Coast Region, New Zealand | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Rhytididae |
| Genus: | Rhytida |
| Species: | R. citrina
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| Rhytida citrina Hutton, 1883
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Rhytida citrina is a species of medium-sized, air-breathing predatory land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the eponymous family Rhytididae.
References
[edit]- Powell A W B, New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
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