Placostylus ambagiosus worthyi
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| Placostylus ambagiosus worthyi Powell, 1947 |
Placostylus ambagiosus worthyi is an extinct large terrestrial gastropod mollusc in the family Bulimulidae, endemic to Cape Maria van Diemen in Northland in the North Island of New Zealand. It is found only as a subfossil weathering out of consolidated sand dunes.
Compared with the other Placostylus ambagiosus subspecies, this shell is the smallest, elongate-ovoid, with only the basal lip tubercle well developed.
Height is up to 75 mm, and width up to 29 mm.
[edit] References
- Powell A W B, New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
