Powelliphanta spedeni lateumbilicata

Powelliphanta spedeni lateumbilicata, known as one of the amber snails, is a subspecies of large, carnivorous land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Rhytididae.

Powelliphanta spedeni lateumbilicata
Powelliphanta spedeni lateumbilicata at Te Papa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Rhytididae
Genus: Powelliphanta
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Subspecies:
P. s. lateumbilicata
Trinomial name
Powelliphanta spedeni lateumbilicata
Powell, 1946

Conservation status

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Powelliphanta spedeni lateumbilicata is classified by the New Zealand Department of Conservation as being Range Restricted.

References

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  • 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