Powelliphanta lignaria | |
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Powelliphanta lignaria lusca shell | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
Order: | Stylommatophora |
Family: | Rhytididae |
Genus: | Powelliphanta |
Species: | P. lignaria
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Binomial name | |
Powelliphanta lignaria (
Hutton, 1888)
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Synonyms [1] | |
Paryphanta lignaria Hutton, 1888 |
Powelliphanta lignaria, known as one of the amber snails, is a species of large, carnivorous land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Rhytididae. The eggs of P. lignaria are oval and seldom constant in dimensions 10 × 8.25, 9 × 7.75, 9 × 8, 8.75 × 7.75 mm. [2]
P. lignaria is endemic to the west coast of the South Island of New Zealand. There are seven subspecies, [3] all of which are listed by the New Zealand Department of Conservation as threatened: [4]
Powelliphanta lignaria | |
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Powelliphanta lignaria lusca shell | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
Order: | Stylommatophora |
Family: | Rhytididae |
Genus: | Powelliphanta |
Species: | P. lignaria
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Binomial name | |
Powelliphanta lignaria (
Hutton, 1888)
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Synonyms [1] | |
Paryphanta lignaria Hutton, 1888 |
Powelliphanta lignaria, known as one of the amber snails, is a species of large, carnivorous land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Rhytididae. The eggs of P. lignaria are oval and seldom constant in dimensions 10 × 8.25, 9 × 7.75, 9 × 8, 8.75 × 7.75 mm. [2]
P. lignaria is endemic to the west coast of the South Island of New Zealand. There are seven subspecies, [3] all of which are listed by the New Zealand Department of Conservation as threatened: [4]