Powelliphanta fiordlandica, one of the amber snails, is a species of large, carnivorous land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Rhytididae.[1]
| Powelliphanta fiordlandica | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Rhytididae |
| Genus: | Powelliphanta |
| Species: | P. fiordlandica
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| Binomial name | |
| Powelliphanta fiordlandica (Climo, 1971)
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| Synonyms | |
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Paryphanta (Powelliphanta) fiordlandica Climo, 1971 (superseded combination) | |
Conservation status
editPowelliphanta fiordlandica is classified by the New Zealand Department of Conservation as being Nationally Vulnerable.
Description
editThe length of the shell attains 32mm, its height 16mm. [2]
Distribution
editThis species is endemic to New Zealand and occurs on Resolution Island, South Island. [2]
References
edit- ^ Powelliphanta fiordlandica (Climo, 1971. 4 September 2024. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
- ^ a b New Zealand Mollusca: Powelliphanta fiordlandica
Wikispecies has information related to Powelliphanta fiordlandica.
- Powell A W B, New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
- Climo, F.M. (1971). "A new species of Paryphanta (Mollusca: Paryphantidae) from south-west Fiordland, New Zealand". Records of the Dominion Museum. 7: 147.
- Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Christchurch: Canterbury University Press.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - Meads, M.J., Walker, K.J., Elliott, G.P. (1984). "Status, conservation, and management of the land snails of the genus Powelliphanta (Mollusca: Pulmonata)". New Zealand Journal of Zoology. 11 (3): 299. doi:10.1080/03014223.1984.10428241.
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