Wainuia clarki

Wainuia clarki is a species of air-breathing predatory land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Rhytididae.

Wainuia clarki
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W. clarki
Binomial name
Wainuia clarki
Powell, 1936

Distribution

This species occurs in New Zealand[1]

Feeding habits

Wainuia clarki feeds mainly on earthworms.[2]

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References

  1. Powell A W B, New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
  2. Efford M. G. 2000. Consumption of amphipods by the New Zealand landsnail Wainuia urnula (Pulmonata: Rhytididae). Journal of Molluscan Studies 66: 45–52. abstract


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