Powelliphanta hochstetteri obscura | |
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Powelliphanta hochstetteri subsp. obscura seen in the Marlborough District, New Zealand | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Order: | Stylommatophora |
Family: | Rhytididae |
Genus: | Powelliphanta |
Species: | P. hochstetteri |
Subspecies: | P. h. obscura |
Trinomial name | |
Powelliphanta hochstetteri obscura (Beutler, 1901) |
Powelliphanta hochstetteri obscura, known as one of the amber snails, is a subspecies of large, carnivorous land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Rhytididae.
Distribution
Life cycle
Shape of the eggs is oval and seldom constant in dimensions 10 × 8, 11 × 9, 10 × 8, 9.25 × 7.75, 10 × 8.5, 9.75 × 8.25, 9.5 × 7.75 mm.
Conservation status
Powelliphanta hochstetteri obscura is classified by the New Zealand Department of Conservation as being in Gradual Decline.
References
- Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
- O'Connor A. C. (June) 1945. Notes on the Eggs of New Zealand Paryphantidae, With Description of a New Subgenus. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand, volume 5, 1945-46, pages 54-57.
Taxon identifiers | |
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Powelliphanta hochstetteri obscura |
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