Powelliphanta hochstetteri anatokiensis
Powelliphanta hochstetteri anatokiensis, known as one of the amber snails, is a subspecies of large, carnivorous land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Rhytididae. It is found in New Zealand.
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| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata clade Eupulmonata clade Stylommatophora informal group Sigmurethra |
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| Subspecies: | P. hochstetteri anatokiensis |
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| Powelliphanta hochstetteri anatokiensis Powell, 1938 | |
Conservation status
Powelliphanta hochstetteri anatokiensis is classified by the New Zealand Department of Conservation as being in Gradual Decline.
Distribution
Life cycle
Shape of the eggs is oval and seldom constant in dimensions 9.5 × 7, 8.5 × 6, 12 × 10.5, 12 × 10, 12.5 × 10.5 mm.[2]
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References
- Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
- 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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