Powelliphanta spedeni

Taxobox
name = "Powelliphanta spedeni"


image_caption = A "Powelliphanta" of unknown species.
image_width = 250
status = EN
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Mollusca
classis = Gastropoda
ordo = Pulmonata
familia = Rhytididae
genus = "Powelliphanta"
species = "P. spedeni"
binomial = "Powelliphanta spedeni"
binomial_authority =

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

Distribution

This species is endemic to the South Island of New Zealand. There are two subspecies:

* "Powelliphanta spedeni lateumbilicata" Powell, 1946
* "Powelliphanta spedeni spedeni" Powell, 1932

References

* Powell A. W. B., "New Zealand Mollusca", William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1