Powelliphanta hochstetteri consobrina | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
(unranked): | clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura |
Superfamily: | Rhytidoidea |
Family: | Rhytididae |
Genus: | Powelliphanta |
Species: | Powelliphanta hochstetteri |
Subspecies: | P. hochstetteri consobrina |
Trinomial name | |
Powelliphanta hochstetteri consobrina Powell, 1936 |
Powelliphanta hochstetteri consobrina, 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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Shape of the eggs is oval and seldom constant in dimensions 9 × 7.75, 8.25 × 6.75 mm (red variety).[2]
Powelliphanta hochstetteri consobrina is classified by the New Zealand Department of Conservation as being in Gradual Decline.