Schizoglossa gigantea is a species of large predatory, air-breathing, land slug; a carnivorous terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Rhytididae. This species is endemic to the North Island of New Zealand.
| Schizoglossa gigantea | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Rhytididae |
| Genus: | Schizoglossa |
| Species: | S. gigantea
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| Binomial name | |
| Schizoglossa gigantea Powell, 1930
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It was first discovered as 'subfossil with moa bones, cave near Tahora, Gisborne District.'[1] Further subfossil remains have been found in 'caves at Waikaremoana and Mangaone, near Nuhaka, Hawke Bay.'[2] It has also been reported as 'living, WNW side of Mt. Hikurangi, East Cape area, 5753 feet.'[2] In 2012, it was also reported that ' Schizoglossa gigantea has now been found [living?] at four localities (G. Barker, personal communication).'[3]
References edit
- ^ Powell, A. W. B. (1930). "The Paryphantidae of New Zealand: their Hypothetical Ancestry, with descriptions of New Species and a New Genus". Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum. 1: 17–56. ISSN 0067-0464. JSTOR 42905933. Wikidata Q58676532.
- ^ a b Powell, A.W.B. 1979: New Zealand Mollusca: marine, land and freshwater shells. William Collins Publishers Ltd: Auckland. ISBN 0-00-216906-1
- ^ Mahlfeld, K. et al. 2012: The conservation status of New Zealand terrestrial Gastropoda excluding Powelliphanta. New Zealand entomologist, 35(2): 103-109. doi:10.1080/00779962.2012.686313
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