Powelliphanta marchanti

Powelliphanta marchanti
Powelliphanta marchanti
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Sigmurethra

Superfamily: Rhytidoidea
Family: Rhytididae
Genus: Powelliphanta
Species: P. marchanti
Trinomial name
Powelliphanta marchanti
(Powell, 1932)

Powelliphanta marchanti is a species of land snail in the family Rhytididae. It is endemic to New Zealand.[1]

Conservation status

Powelliphanta marchanti is classified by the New Zealand Department of Conservation as a species in "serious decline".[2]

References

  1. Mollusc Specialist Group 1996. Powelliphanta marchantii. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.2. Downloaded on 07 September 2014.
  2. Walker, K. Recovery plans for Powelliphanta land snails. 2003-2013. Threatened Species Recovery Plan 49. NZ Department of Conservation.

Further reading

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