Powelliphanta hochstetteri anatokiensis

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Powelliphanta hochstetteri anatokiensis
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Rhytididae
Genus: Powelliphanta
Species:
Subspecies:
P. h. anatokiensis
Trinomial name
Powelliphanta hochstetteri anatokiensis
Powell, 1938

Powelliphanta hochstetteri anatokiensis, known as one of the amber snails, is a subspecies of large, carnivorous land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Rhytididae. It is found in New Zealand.

Conservation status[]

Powelliphanta hochstetteri anatokiensis is classified by the New Zealand Department of Conservation as being in Gradual Decline.

Distribution[]

Life cycle[]

Shape of the eggs is oval and seldom constant in dimensions 9.5 × 7, 8.5 × 6, 12 × 10.5, 12 × 10, 12.5 × 10.5 mm.[2]

References[]

  1. ^ Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
  2. ^ (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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