Placostylus ambagiosus worthyi
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| Placostylus ambagiosus worthyi Powell, 1947 |
Placostylus ambagiosus worthyi was 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 extinct.
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[edit] Distribution
This subspecies was endemic to Cape Maria van Diemen in Northland in the North Island of New Zealand.
[edit] Habitat
This snail is found only as a subfossil weathering out of consolidated sand dunes.
[edit] Shell description
Compared with the other Placostylus ambagiosus subspecies, this shell is the smallest. It is elongate-ovoid, with only the basal lip tubercle well developed.
The shell 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
