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"
species = "P. gilliesi"
subspecies = "P. gilliesi fallax"
trinomial = "Powelliphanta gilliesi fallax"
trinomial_authority = Powell, 1930

"Powelliphanta gilliesi fallax", 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 species is endemic to the South Island of New Zealand. It is found only in the West Nelson area.

hell description

The general shell coloration is a sombre greenish-brown to chocolate, with the dorsal surface and periphery narrowly lined in dark brown and greenish. The parietal callus is dark purplish-brown.

The major shell diameter is up to 48 mm, and height up to 25 mm.

Conservation status

"Powelliphanta gilliesi compta" is classified by the New Zealand Department of Conservation as being in "National Decline".

References

* Powell A. W. B., "New Zealand Mollusca", William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
* [http://www.doc.govt.nz/templates/MultipageDocumentPage.aspx?id=39593 New Zealand Department of Conservation Threatened Species Classification]