Powelliphanta rossiana
| Powelliphanta rossiana | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | Pulmonata |
| Family: | Rhytididae |
| Genus: | Powelliphanta |
| Species: | P. rossiana |
| Binomial name | |
| Powelliphanta rossiana Powell, 1930 | |
Powelliphanta rossiana, known as Ross' land snail,[1] is a species of large, carnivorous land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Rhytididae. This species is endemic to the South Island of New Zealand. Subspecies include:[2]
- Powelliphanta rossiana fletcheri Powell, 1938 – Range Restricted [3]
- Powelliphanta rossiana gagei Powell, 1938 – Nationally Critical [3]
- Powelliphanta rossiana rossiana Powell, 1930
The eggs are oval and seldom constant in dimensions 8 × 6.75, 6.5 × 5.75, 8.25 × 6.75 mm.[4]
References
- 1 2 Mollusc Specialist Group (1996). "Paryphanta rossiana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved March 6, 2010.
- ↑ Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
- 1 2 "New Zealand Threat Classification System lists - 2002 - Terrestrial invertebrate - part one". New Zealand Department of Conservation. 2002. Retrieved March 3, 2010.
- ↑ O'Connor A. C. (June) 1945. Notes on the Eggs of New Zealand Paryphantidae, With Description of a New Subgenus. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand, volume 5, 1945-46, pages 54–57.
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