Powelliphanta "vittatus"
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(unranked): | clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura |
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Species: | Not yet described.
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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
[edit]Powelliphanta "vittatus" is classified as Range Restricted by the New Zealand Threat Classification System.
References
[edit]- 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