Powelliphanta fiordlandica
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(unranked): | clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura |
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Species: | P. fiordlandica
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Powelliphanta fiordlandica (Climo, 1971)
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Powelliphanta fiordlandica, one of the amber snails, is a species of large, carnivorous land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Rhytididae.
Conservation status
Powelliphanta fiordlandica is classified by the New Zealand Department of Conservation as being Nationally Vulnerable.
References
- Powell A W B, New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
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