Powelliphanta "Kirwans"
| Powelliphanta "Kirwans" | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura |
| Superfamily: | Rhytidoidea |
| Family: | Rhytididae |
| Genus: | Powelliphanta |
| Species: | Not yet described |
This is a yet-unnamed Powelliphanta species, provisionally known as Powelliphanta "Kirwans". It is one of the amber snails and is an undescribed species of large, carnivorous land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Rhytididae.
Conservation status
Powelliphanta "Kirwans"is classified by the New Zealand Threat Classification System as Range Restricted.
References
- Powell A W B, New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
- Department of Conservation Recovery Plans
- New Zealand Department of Conservation Threatened Species Classification
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