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Powelliphanta traversi latizona
Conservation status
	Endangered
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Pulmonata
Family:	Rhytididae
Genus:	Powelliphanta
Species:	P. traversi
Subspecies:	P. traversi latizona
Trinomial name
	Powelliphanta traversi latizona; Powell, 1949

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Powelliphanta traversi latizona, 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 the Arapaepae Range, near Levin.

The shell coloration is yellowish-olive to old gold, with strong spiral bands and lines in dark reddish-brown.

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

Powelliphanta traversi latizona 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 yellowish-olive to old gold, distantly but strongly spirally banded and lined in dark reddish-brown.
+The shell coloration is yellowish-olive to old gold, with strong spiral bands and lines in dark reddish-brown.
 The shell diameter is up to 53 mm, and height up to 27 mm.