Powelliphanta hochstetteri consobrina
Subspecies of gastropod
Powelliphanta hochstetteri consobrina | |
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Type specimen from the collections of Auckland War Memorial Museum | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Order: | Stylommatophora |
Family: | Rhytididae |
Genus: | Powelliphanta |
Species: | P. hochstetteri |
Subspecies: | P. h. consobrina |
Trinomial name | |
Powelliphanta hochstetteri consobrina Powell, 1936 |
Powelliphanta hochstetteri consobrina, known as one of the amber snails, is a subspecies of large, carnivorous land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Rhytididae.
Distribution
- New Zealand[1]
Life cycle
Shape of the eggs is oval and seldom constant in dimensions 9 × 7.75, 8.25 × 6.75 mm (red variety).[2]
Conservation status
Powelliphanta hochstetteri consobrina is classified by the New Zealand Department of Conservation as being in Gradual Decline.
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.
- New Zealand Department of Conservation Threatened Species Classification
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