Powelliphanta "Urewera"
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| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura |
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| Species: | Not yet described
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This is a yet-unnamed Powelliphanta species, provisionally known as Powelliphanta "Urewera". This is one of the amber snails. It is an undescribed species of large, carnivorous land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Rhytididae.
Conservation status
Powelliphanta "Urewera" is classified in the New Zealand Threat Classification System 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
- Department of Conservation Recovery Plans
- New Zealand Department of Conservation Threatened Species Classification
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