Powelliphanta rossiana
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 A Powelliphanta of unknown species.
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Powelliphanta rossiana, known as one of the amber snails, is a species of large, carnivorous land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Rhytididae.
[edit] Distribution
This species is endemic to the South Island of New Zealand.
[edit] Subspecies
- Powelliphanta rossiana fletcheri Powell, 1938
- Powelliphanta rossiana gagei Powell, 1938
- Powelliphanta rossiana patrickensis Powell, 1949
- Powelliphanta rossiana rossiana Powell, 1930
[edit] References
- Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
