Powelliphanta_"Nelson_Lakes"

<i>Powelliphanta</i> "Nelson Lakes"

Powelliphanta "Nelson Lakes"

Species of gastropod

This is a yet-unnamed Powelliphanta species, provisionally known as Powelliphanta "Nelson Lakes". 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. The area above the bush line on Mount Murchison in the Braeburn Range is one of three isolated habitats for this species.

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Conservation status

Powelliphanta "Nelson Lakes" 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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