Powelliphanta "Urewera" | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
(unranked): | clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura |
Superfamily: | Rhytidoidea |
Family: | Rhytididae |
Genus: | Powelliphanta |
Species: | Not yet described |
The yet-unnamed Powelliphanta species of amber snails is provisionally known as Powelliphanta "Urewera". It is an undescribed species of large, carnivorous land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Rhytididae.
Conservation status
Powelliphanta "Urewera" is classified in the New Zealand Threat Classification System as being Nationally Vulnerable.
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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