Powelliphanta "Owen"
| Powelliphanta "Owen" | |
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Nationally Endangered (NZ TCS) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Rhytididae |
| Genus: | Powelliphanta |
| Species: | P. "Owen"
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| Binomial name | |
| Powelliphanta "Owen" | |
This is a yet-unnamed Powelliphanta species, provisionally known as Powelliphanta "Owen". This is one of the amber snails. It is an undescribed species of large, carnivorous land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Rhytididae.
Conservation status
Powelliphanta "Owen" is classified by the New Zealand Department of Conservation as Nationally Endangered.
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