Wainuia
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Wainuia is a small genus of land snails of the family Rhytididae, endemic to New Zealand. They have very thin shells, almost translucent, composed of chitinous material varying from brown to almost black, but never with a colour pattern. Their range extends from the middle of the South Island northwards to the middle of the North Island.
[edit] Species
- Wainuia clarki (Powell,1936) North Island
- Wainuia edwardi (Suter,1899) South Island
- Wainuia fallai (Powell,1946) South Island
- Wainuia urnula urnula (Pfeiffer,1855) North Island
- Wainuia urnula nasuta (Powell,1946) D'Urville Island
- Wainuia Sp Not yet described Fiordland, South Island
[edit] References
- Checklist of New Zealand Mollusca
- New Zealand Department of Conservation
- Powell A W B, New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
- WikiSpecies
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