Powelliphanta "Baton"
Powelliphanta sp. from the Baton River | |
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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 |
An as-yet-unnamed Powelliphanta species is provisionally known as Powelliphanta sp. from the Baton River. 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 sp. from the Baton River is classified as Nationally Critical by the New Zealand Department of Conservation.
References
- Powell A W B, New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
- New Zealand Department of Conservation Threatened Species Classification
- Department of Conservation Recovery Plans
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