Powelliphanta gilliesi

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


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем сделать НИР

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Powelliphanta gilliesi gilliesi — Taxobox name = Powelliphanta gilliesi gilliesi image caption = A Powelliphanta of unknown species. image width = 250 status = regnum = Animalia phylum = Mollusca classis = Gastropoda ordo = Pulmonata familia = Rhytididae genus = Powelliphanta… …   Wikipedia

  • Powelliphanta gilliesi aurea — Taxobox name = Powelliphanta gilliesi aurea image caption = A Powelliphanta of unknown species. image width = 250 status = regnum = Animalia phylum = Mollusca classis = Gastropoda ordo = Pulmonata familia = Rhytididae genus = Powelliphanta… …   Wikipedia

  • Powelliphanta gilliesi compta — Taxobox name = Powelliphanta gilliesi compta image caption = A Powelliphanta of unknown species. image width = 250 status = VU regnum = Animalia phylum = Mollusca classis = Gastropoda ordo = Pulmonata familia = Rhytididae genus = Powelliphanta… …   Wikipedia

  • Powelliphanta gilliesi fallax — Taxobox name = Powelliphanta gilliesi fallax image caption = A Powelliphanta of unknown species. image width = 250 status = regnum = Animalia phylum = Mollusca classis = Gastropoda ordo = Pulmonata familia = Rhytididae genus = Powelliphanta… …   Wikipedia

  • Powelliphanta gilliesi subfusca — Taxobox name = Powelliphanta gilliesi subfusca image caption = A Powelliphanta of unknown species. image width = 250 status = regnum = Animalia phylum = Mollusca classis = Gastropoda ordo = Pulmonata familia = Rhytididae genus = Powelliphanta… …   Wikipedia

  • Powelliphanta gilliesi brunnea — Taxobox name = Powelliphanta gilliesi brunnea image caption = A Powelliphanta of unknown species. image width = 250 status = regnum = Animalia phylum = Mollusca classis = Gastropoda ordo = Pulmonata familia = Rhytididae genus = Powelliphanta… …   Wikipedia

  • Powelliphanta gilliesi kahurangica — Taxobox name = Powelliphanta gilliesi kahurangica image caption = A Powelliphanta of unknown species. image width = 250 status = regnum = Animalia phylum = Mollusca classis = Gastropoda ordo = Pulmonata familia = Rhytididae genus = Powelliphanta… …   Wikipedia

  • Powelliphanta gilliesi jamesoni — Taxobox name = Powelliphanta gilliesi jamesoni image caption = A Powelliphanta of unknown species. image width = 250 status = regnum = Animalia phylum = Mollusca classis = Gastropoda ordo = Pulmonata familia = Rhytididae genus = Powelliphanta… …   Wikipedia

  • Powelliphanta gilliesi montana — Taxobox name = Powelliphanta gilliesi montana image caption = A Powelliphanta of unknown species. image width = 250 status = regnum = Animalia phylum = Mollusca classis = Gastropoda ordo = Pulmonata familia = Rhytididae genus = Powelliphanta… …   Wikipedia

  • Powelliphanta — Taxobox name = Powelliphanta image caption = The shell of a species of Powelliphanta land snail. status = EN regnum = Animalia phylum = Mollusca classis = Gastropoda subclassis = Orthogastropoda superordo = Heterobranchia ordo = Pulmonata subordo …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”