Powelliphanta patrickensis

Powelliphanta patrickensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Sigmurethra
Superfamily: Rhytidoidea
Family: Rhytididae
Genus: Powelliphanta
Species: P. patrickensis
Binomial name
Powelliphanta patrickensis
Powell, 1949
Synonyms
  • Powelliphanta rossiana patrickensis Powell, 1949
  • Powelliphanta “patrickensis”

Powelliphanta patrickensis, 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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Distribution

Conservation status

Powelliphanta patrickensis is classified by the New Zealand Department of Conservation as being Nationally Endangered.[2]

References

  1. ^ Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
  2. ^ New Zealand Department of Conservation Threatened Species Classification

Further reading