Placostylus ambagiosus paraspiritus

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Placostylus ambagiosus paraspiritus
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Pulmonata
Family: Bulimulidae
Genus: Placostylus
Species: P. ambagiosus
Subspecies: P. ambagiosus paraspiritus
Trinomial name
Placostylus ambagiosus paraspiritus
Powell, 1951

Placostylus ambagiosus paraspiritus is a subspecies of very large, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Bulimulidae, the bulimulus snails and their allies.

This subspecies is endangered.

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[edit] Distribution

This land snail is endemic to Cape Maria van Diemen in Northland in the North Island of New Zealand.

[edit] Shell description

The shell is similar to Placostylus ambagiosus ambagiosus in size and shape, but with only the basal lip tubercle well developed. The coloration differs also in being dark warm brown externally and reddish-brown within the aperture.

The shell height is up to 72 mm, and width up to 32 mm.

[edit] Conservation status

Placostylus ambagiosus paraspiritus is classified by the New Zealand Department of Conservation as being Nationally Endangered.

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