Powelliphanta fiordlandica

Powelliphanta fiordlandica, one of the amber snails, is a species of large, carnivorous land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Rhytididae.

Powelliphanta fiordlandica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Superorder: Eupulmonata
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Rhytididae
Genus: Powelliphanta
Species:
P. fiordlandica
Binomial name
Powelliphanta fiordlandica
(Climo, 1971)

Conservation status

Powelliphanta fiordlandica is classified by the New Zealand Department of Conservation as being Nationally Vulnerable.

References

  • Powell A W B, New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1


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