Placostylus ambagiosus keenorum

Taxobox
name = "Placostylus ambagiosus keenorum"


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status = EN
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Mollusca
classis = Gastropoda
ordo = Pulmonata
familia = Bulimulidae
genus = "Placostylus"
species = "P. ambagiosus"
subspecies = "P. ambagiosus keenorum"
trinomial = "Placostylus ambagiosus keenorum"
trinomial_authority = Powell, 1947

"Placostylus ambagiosus keenorum" is a subspecies of very large, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Bulimulidae, the bulimulus snails and their allies.

This subspecies is endangered.

Distribution

This subspecies is endemic to the eastern end of Spirits Bay in Northland in the North Island of New Zealand.

hell description

The shell is somewhat smaller than "Placostylus ambagiosus annectens", with the same apertural features and coloration, but always proportionately narrower. The shell height is up to 84 mm, and the width up to 35 mm.

Conservation status

"Placostylus ambagiosus keenorum" is classified by the New Zealand Department of Conservation as being "Nationally Endangered".

References

* Powell A. W. B., "New Zealand Mollusca", William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
* [http://www.doc.govt.nz/templates/MultipageDocumentPage.aspx?id=39593 New Zealand Department of Conservation Threatened Species Classification]