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.

Powelliphanta hochstetteri anatokiensis
Type specimen from the collections of Auckland War Memorial Museum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Rhytididae
Genus: Powelliphanta
Species:
Subspecies:
P. h. anatokiensis
Trinomial name
Powelliphanta hochstetteri anatokiensis
Powell, 1938

Conservation status

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Powelliphanta hochstetteri anatokiensis is classified by the New Zealand Department of Conservation as being in Gradual Decline.

Distribution

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Life cycle

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Shape of the eggs is oval and seldom constant in dimensions 9.5 by 7 millimetres (0.37 in × 0.28 in), 8.5 by 6 millimetres (0.33 in × 0.24 in), 12 by 10.5 millimetres (0.47 in × 0.41 in), 12 by 10 millimetres (0.47 in × 0.39 in), 12.5 by 10.5 millimetres (0.49 in × 0.41 in).[2]

References

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  1. ^ Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
  2. ^ 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.