Wainuia clarki

Taxobox
name = "Wainuia clarki"


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status = EN
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Mollusca
classis = Gastropoda
ordo = Pulmonata
familia = Rhytididae
genus = "Wainuia"
species = "W. clarki"
binomial = "Wainuia clarki"
binomial_authority = Powell, 1936

"Wainuia clarki" is a species of air-breathing predatory land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Rhytididae.

Distribution

This species is endemic to the North Island of New Zealand, but only in a few isolated areas, Taupo and Kaweka.

Habitat

This snail lives in leaf litter and under logs.

hell description

The shell of this species is slightly conical, and relatively tightly-coiled. The shell is greenish-brown.

Life habits

This predatory snail is known to eat earthworms, but not amphipods. It can secrete a royal blue substance from the edge of its mantle.

Predators

This snail appears to be eaten by introduced Blackbirds and Thrushes.

References

* Powell A W B, "New Zealand Mollusca", William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
* [http://www.doc.govt.nz/upload/documents/science-and-technical/sfc101b.pdf New Zealand Department of Conservation]
* [http://www.doc.govt.nz/templates/MultipageDocumentPage.aspx?id=39593 New Zealand Department of Conservation Threatened Species Classification]