- Powelliphanta rossiana
Taxobox
name = "Powelliphanta rossiana"
status = DD
status_system = IUCN2.3
image_caption = A "Powelliphanta" of unknown species.
regnum =Animal ia
phylum =Mollusc a
classis =Gastropod a
ordo =Pulmonata
familia =Rhytididae
genus = "Powelliphanta "
species = "P. rossiana"
binomial = "Powelliphanta rossiana"
binomial_authority ="Powelliphanta rossiana", known as one of the amber snails, is a
species of large, carnivorous landsnail , a terrestrialpulmonate gastropod mollusc in the familyRhytididae .Distribution
This species is endemic to the
South Island ofNew Zealand .ubspecies
* "
Powelliphanta rossiana fletcheri " Powell, 1938
* "Powelliphanta rossiana gagei " Powell, 1938
* "Powelliphanta rossiana patrickensis " Powell, 1949
* "Powelliphanta rossiana rossiana " Powell, 1930References
* Powell A. W. B., "New Zealand Mollusca", William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand
1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
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