Powelliphanta "Matakitaki"
Powelliphanta "Matakitaki" | |
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Kingdom: | |
Phylum: | Mollusca
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Class: | Gastropoda
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(unranked): | clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura |
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Genus: | |
Species: | Not yet described
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This is a yet-unnamed Powelliphanta species, provisionally known as Powelliphanta "Matakitaki". 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.
Conservation status[]
Powelliphanta "Matakitaki" 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
Categories:
- Gastropods of New Zealand
- Powelliphanta
- Undescribed gastropod species
- Rhytididae stubs