Powelliphanta spedeni | |
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Powelliphanta spedeni lateumbilicata at Te Papa | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
Order: | Stylommatophora |
Family: | Rhytididae |
Genus: | Powelliphanta |
Species: | P. spedeni
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Binomial name | |
Powelliphanta spedeni (
Powell, 1932)
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Powelliphanta spedeni, known as one of the amber snails, is a species of large, carnivorous land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Rhytididae.
This species is endemic to the South Island of New Zealand. There are two subspecies: [1]
The shell of Powelliphanta spedeni reaches a maximum size of 40 mm. [2]
Powelliphanta spedeni produces an egg up to the size of 11.5 mm. [2] Shape of the eggs is oval and seldom constant in dimensions 11.5 × 9 mm, 11 × 9 mm, 9 × 7.75 mm. [2] Its eggs are laid in March. [2]
Powelliphanta spedeni | |
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Powelliphanta spedeni lateumbilicata at Te Papa | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
Order: | Stylommatophora |
Family: | Rhytididae |
Genus: | Powelliphanta |
Species: | P. spedeni
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Binomial name | |
Powelliphanta spedeni (
Powell, 1932)
|
Powelliphanta spedeni, known as one of the amber snails, is a species of large, carnivorous land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Rhytididae.
This species is endemic to the South Island of New Zealand. There are two subspecies: [1]
The shell of Powelliphanta spedeni reaches a maximum size of 40 mm. [2]
Powelliphanta spedeni produces an egg up to the size of 11.5 mm. [2] Shape of the eggs is oval and seldom constant in dimensions 11.5 × 9 mm, 11 × 9 mm, 9 × 7.75 mm. [2] Its eggs are laid in March. [2]