Powelliphanta "vittatus"

Powelliphanta "vittatus"

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

Powelliphanta "vittatus", known as one of the amber snails, is an as yet unnamed species of large, carnivorous land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Rhytididae.

Conservation status

Powelliphanta "vittatus" is classified as Range Restricted by the New Zealand Threat Classification System.

References

  • 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
  • Department of Conservation Recovery Plans


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