Powelliphanta "Nelson Lakes"
This is a yet-unnamed Powelliphanta species, provisionally known as Powelliphanta "Nelson Lakes". This is one of the amber snails. It is an undescribed species of large, carnivorous land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Rhytididae. The area above the bush line on Mount Murchison in the Braeburn Range is one of three isolated habitats for this species.
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| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata clade Eupulmonata clade Stylommatophora informal group Sigmurethra |
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| Species: | Not yet described |
Conservation status
Powelliphanta "Nelson Lakes" is classified as Range Restricted by the New Zealand Threat Classification System.
References
- Powell A W B, New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
- New Zealand Department of Conservation Threatened Species Classification
- Department of Conservation Recovery Plans
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