Wainuia urnula (Reeve, 1854) is a animal in the Rhytididae family, order Stylommatophora, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.
Wainuia urnula (Reeve, 1854)
Wainuia urnula is a distinctive colorful New Zealand land snail found on North Island, with smaller modern shells than subfossils.
Wainuia urnula (Reeve, 1854) is a species that inhabits the North Island of New Zealand. This species has distinctive coloration: it has a large reddish patch in the umbilicus, and its foot is maroon. Its current shells are relatively small compared to subfossil shells of the species from the same native island. Recorded dimensions for a group of Wainuia urnula eggs are as follows, in millimeters: 5 × 4, 5 × 4, 5 × 4, 5 × 3.75, 4.5 × 3.5, and 5.25 × 4.25.
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Paryphanta busbyi (Gray, 1840)
Terrycarlessia turbinata J.Stanisic, 2010
Victaphanta compacta (J.C.Cox & Hedley, 1912)
Rhytida greenwoodi (Gray, 1850)
Powelliphanta hochstetteri (L.Pfeiffer, 1861)
Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer
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