Powelliphanta traversi florida: Difference between revisions

Powelliphanta traversi florida
Conservation status
	Endangered
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Pulmonata
Family:	Rhytididae
Genus:	Powelliphanta
Species:	P. traversi
Subspecies:	P. traversi florida
Trinomial name
	Powelliphanta traversi florida; Powell, 1946

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Powelliphanta traversi florida, known as one of the amber snails, is a subspecies of large, carnivorous land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Rhytididae.

This subspecies is endemic to the North Island of New Zealand. It is found only in forest reserve at Muhunoa East, south east of Levin.

The shell coloration is a dark reddish-brown, with spiral lines and bands in darker brown on top, and an almost completely dark brown base.

The shell diameter is up to 53 mm, and height up to 27 mm.

Powelliphanta traversi Florida is classified by the New Zealand Department of Conservation as being Nationally Endangered.

Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
New Zealand Department of Conservation Threatened Species Classification

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 ==Shell description==
-The shell coloration is a dark reddish-brown, closely spirally lined and banded in darker brown on top, and with the base almost completely dark brown.
+The shell coloration is a dark reddish-brown, with spiral lines and bands in darker brown on top, and an almost completely dark brown base.
 The shell diameter is up to 53 mm, and height up to 27 mm.