Rhytida

Rhytida is a genus of medium-sized, air-breathing, predatory land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Rhytididae.

This is the type genus of the family.

Distribution

This genus is endemic to New Zealand.

Species

Species and subspecies recognised in the genus Rhytida are:

• Rhytida australis <small>Hutton, 1883</small> Stewart Island / Rakiura
• Rhytida citrina <small>Hutton, 1883</small> South Island
• Rhytida greenwoodi
• Rhytida greenwoodi greenwoodi <small>(Gray, 1950)</small> North Island
• Rhytida greenwoodi webbi <small>Powell, 1949</small> South Island
• Rhytida meesoni
• Rhytida meesoni meesoni <small>Suter, 1891</small> South Island
• Rhytida meesoni perampla <small>Powell, 1946</small> South Island
• Rhytida oconnori <small>Powell, 1946</small> South Island
• Rhytida otagoensis <small>Powell, 1930</small> South Island
• Rhytida patula <small>Hutton, 1883</small> South Island
• Rhytida stephenensis <small>Powell, 1930</small> Stephens Island, Cook Strait

Note that the species/subspecies status of some of the above taxa is unclear and differs between sources.

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