Powelliphanta "Matakitaki"

Powelliphanta "Matakitaki"

Range Restricted (NZ TCS)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Rhytididae
Genus: Powelliphanta
Species:
P. "Matakitaki"
Binomial name
Powelliphanta "Matakitaki"

This is a yet-unnamed Powelliphanta species, provisionally referred to as Powelliphanta "Matakitaki". It is one of the amber snails — an undescribed species of large, carnivorous land snail. This terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc belongs to the family Rhytididae.

Conservation status

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Powelliphanta "Matakitaki" is classified by the New Zealand Threat Classification System as Range restricted.

References

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  • 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