Powelliphanta "Matakitaki"

Powelliphanta "Matakitaki"

Range Restricted (NZ TCS)
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Rhytididae
Genus: Powelliphanta
Species:
P. "Matakitaki"
Binomial name
Powelliphanta "Matakitaki"

This is a yet-unnamed Powelliphanta species, provisionally referred to as Powelliphanta "Matakitaki". It is one of the amber snails — an undescribed species of large, carnivorous land snail. This terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc belongs to the family Rhytididae.

Conservation status

Powelliphanta "Matakitaki" is classified by the New Zealand Threat Classification System as Range restricted.

References

  • Powell A W B, New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
  • Department of Conservation Recovery Plans
  • New Zealand Department of Conservation Threatened Species Classification


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