Powelliphanta gilliesi

Taxobox
name = "Powelliphanta gilliesi"
status = DD
status_system = IUCN2.3


image_caption = A "Powelliphanta" of unknown species.
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Mollusca
classis = Gastropoda
ordo = Pulmonata
familia = Rhytididae
genus = "Powelliphanta"
species = "P. gilliesi"
binomial = "Powelliphanta gilliesi"
binomial_authority =

"Powelliphanta gilliesi", 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 West Nelson area of the South Island of New Zealand.

There are nine subspecies:

* "Powelliphanta gilliesi aurea" Powell, 1946
* "Powelliphanta gilliesi brunnea" Powell, 1938
* "Powelliphanta gilliesi compta" Powell, 1930
* "Powelliphanta gilliesi fallax" Powell, 1930
* "Powelliphanta gilliesi gilliesi" Smith, 1880
* "Powelliphanta gilliesi jamesoni" Powell, 1936
* "Powelliphanta gilliesi kahurangica" Powell, 1936
* "Powelliphanta gilliesi montana" Powell, 1936
* "Powelliphanta gilliesi subfusca" Powell, 1930

References

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