Powelliphanta "Lodestone"
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Powelliphanta "Lodestone" | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Order: | Stylommatophora |
Family: | Rhytididae |
Genus: | Powelliphanta |
Species: | P. "Lodestone"
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Binomial name | |
Powelliphanta "Lodestone" |
Powelliphanta "Lodestone" is a provisional name for an as yet undescribed species of large, carnivorous land snail, an "amber snail", a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Rhytididae.
Conservation status
[edit]Powelliphanta "Lodestone" is classified by the New Zealand Threat Classification System as Range restricted.
References
[edit]- Powell A W B, New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
- Department of Conservation Recovery Plans
- New Zealand Department of Conservation Threatened Species Classification