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Wainuia

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Superfamily
  
Rhytidoidea

Scientific name
  
Wainuia

Rank
  
Genus

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Family
  
Rhytididae

Higher classification
  
Rhytididae

Lower classifications
  
Wainuia urnula, Wainuia edwardi, Wainuia (species unknown), Wainuia clarki, Wainuia fallai

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

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Distribution

Species in this genus occur in:

  • New Zealand

    • Description

    The width of the shell of Wainuia is 21–38 mm.

    Species

    Species within the genus Wainuia include:

  • Wainuia clarki (Powell, 1936), North Island
  • Wainuia edwardi (Suter, 1899), South Island
  • Wainuia fallai (Powell, 1946), South Island
  • Wainuia urnula
  • Wainuia urnula urnula (Pfeiffer, 1855), North Island
  • Wainuia urnula nasuta (Powell, 1946), D'Urville Island
  • Wainuia sp. not yet described, Fiordland, South Island

    • Ecology

    Species of the genus Wainuia are carnivorous.

    Wainuia have eggs with a calcareous surface which lacks cuticle.

    References

    Wainuia Wikipedia
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