Powelliphanta rossiana
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Rhytididae |
| Genus: | Powelliphanta |
| Species: | P. rossiana
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| Powelliphanta rossiana Powell, 1930
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Powelliphanta rossiana, known as Ross' land snail,[1] 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. Subspecies include:[3]
- Powelliphanta rossiana fletcheri Powell, 1938 – Range Restricted [4]
- Powelliphanta rossiana, subspecies "Fox"
- Powelliphanta rossiana gagei Powell, 1938 – Nationally Critical [4]
- Powelliphanta rossiana rossiana Powell, 1930
The eggs are oval and seldom constant in dimensions 8 × 6.75, 6.5 × 5.75, 8.25 × 6.75 mm.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Mollusc Specialist Group (1996). "Paryphanta rossiana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T16406A5691502. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T16406A5691502.en. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
- ^ Walker, Kath; et al. (February 2024). Todd, Amanda (ed.). Conservation status of New Zealand indigenous terrestrial Gastropoda (slugs and snails) (PDF) (Report). Part 3. Rhytididae (carnivorous snails), 2022. New Zealand Department of Conservation. p. 25. ISBN 978-1-7385800-7-1. ISSN 2324-1713. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
- ^ Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd., Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
- ^ a b "New Zealand Threat Classification System lists - 2002 - Terrestrial invertebrate - part one". New Zealand Department of Conservation. 2002. Archived from the original on October 15, 2008. Retrieved March 3, 2010.
- ^ O'Connor A. C. (June) 1945. Notes on the Eggs of New Zealand Paryphantidae, With Description of a New Subgenus. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand, volume 5, 1945-46, pages 54–57.
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