- Rhytida patula
Taxobox
name = "Rhytida patula"
image_caption =
status =
regnum =Animal ia
phylum =Mollusc a
classis =Gastropod a
ordo =Pulmonata
familia =Rhytididae
genus = "Rhytida "
species = "R. patula"
binomial = "Rhytida patula"
binomial_authority = Hutton, 1883"Rhytida patula" is a
species of medium-sized, air-breathing landsnail , a terrestrialpulmonate gastropod mollusc in the familyRhytididae .Distribution
This species is endemic to the western part of the
South Island ofNew Zealand .hell description
The shell is depressed, with rapidly increasing whorls, thin, almost entirely
chitin ous. The surface is finely malleated. The colour is brownish-olive. The shell diameter is up to 28 mm, and height up to 12 mm.References
* Powell A W B, "New Zealand Mollusca", William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand
1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
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