Powelliphanta spedeni spedeni

Taxobox
name = "Powelliphanta spedeni spedeni"


image_caption = A "Powelliphanta" of unknown species.
image_width = 250
status =
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Mollusca
classis = Gastropoda
ordo = Pulmonata
familia = Rhytididae
genus = "Powelliphanta"
species = "P. spedeni"
subspecies = "P. spedeni spedeni"
trinomial = "Powelliphanta spedeni spedeni"
trinomial_authority = Powell, 1932

"Powelliphanta spedeni spedeni", 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

This subspecies is endemic to the South Island of New Zealand. It is found at altitudes of around 3,200 ft on hills to the west side of the Mataura River opposite East Dome, Southland.

hell description

The shell is globose and narrowly umbilicated, with the dorsal surface being finely striated.

The shell diameter is up to 39 mm, and height up to 25 mm.

References

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