Powelliphanta traversi koputaroa

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Powelliphanta traversi koputaroa
A Powelliphanta of unknown species.
A Powelliphanta of unknown species.
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Pulmonata
Family: Rhytididae
Genus: Powelliphanta
Species: P. traversi
Subspecies: P. traversi koputaroa
Trinomial name
Powelliphanta traversi koputaroa
Powell, 1946

Powelliphanta traversi koputaroa , known as one of the amber snails, is a subspecies of large, carnivorous land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Rhytididae.

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[edit] Distribution

This subspecies is endemic to the North Island of New Zealand. It is found only at Koputaroa, near Levin.

[edit] Shell description

The shell coloration is plain yellowish-olive, slightly tinged with chestnut on the dorsal surface and with a patch of the same colour in and surrounding the umbilicus. The spiral lines are subobsolete, except for a few dark bands at the periphery.

The shell diameter is up to 53 mm, and height up to 27 mm.

[edit] Conservation status

Powelliphanta traversi koputaroa is classified by the New Zealand Department of Conservation as being Nationally Endangered.

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