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Genus of gastropods From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Wainuia is a genus of air-breathing predatory land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Rhytididae. Species in this genus occur in New Zealand.[1]
Wainuia | |
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Wainuia edwardi | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Order: | Stylommatophora |
Family: | Rhytididae |
Subfamily: | Rhytidinae |
Genus: | Wainuia Powell, 1930 |
Species | |
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The width of the shell of Wainuia is 21–38 mm.[2]
Species within the genus Wainuia include:[1]
Species of the genus Wainuia are carnivorous.
Wainuia have eggs with a calcareous surface which lacks cuticle.[3]
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