Powelliphanta hochstetteri obscura
Powelliphanta hochstetteri obscura | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Order: | Stylommatophora |
Family: | Rhytididae |
Genus: | Powelliphanta |
Species: | |
Subspecies: | P. h. obscura
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Trinomial name | |
Powelliphanta hochstetteri obscura (, 1901)
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Powelliphanta hochstetteri obscura, known as one of the amber snails, is a subspecies of large, carnivorous land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Rhytididae.
Distribution[]
Life cycle[]
Shape of the eggs is oval and seldom constant in dimensions 10 × 8, 11 × 9, 10 × 8, 9.25 × 7.75, 10 × 8.5, 9.75 × 8.25, 9.5 × 7.75 mm.[2]
Conservation status[]
Powelliphanta hochstetteri obscura is classified by the New Zealand Department of Conservation as being in Gradual Decline.
References[]
Categories:
- Powelliphanta
- Rhytididae stubs