Powelliphanta "Egmont"
| Powelliphanta "Egmont" | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Rhytididae |
| Genus: | Powelliphanta |
| Species: | P. "Egmont"
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| Binomial name | |
| Powelliphanta "Egmont" | |
This is an as-yet-unnamed Powelliphanta species, provisionally known as Powelliphanta "Egmont". It is one of the amber snails, an undescribed species of large, carnivorous land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Rhytididae.
Conservation status
[edit]Powelliphanta "Egmont" 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
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