Powelliphanta "Owen"

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Powelliphanta sp. from Mount Owen
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clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora

informal group Sigmurethra
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Not yet described

This is a yet-unnamed Powelliphanta species, provisionally known as Powelliphanta sp. from Mount 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[edit]

Powelliphanta sp. from Mount Owen is classified by the New Zealand Department of Conservation as Nationally Endangered.

References[edit]

  • 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