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"
species = "P. gilliesi"
subspecies = "P. gilliesi jamesoni"
trinomial = "Powelliphanta gilliesi jamesoni"
trinomial_authority = Powell, 1936

"Powelliphanta gilliesi jamesoni", 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, in the West Nelson area.

hell coloration

The shell coloration is russet, spirally lined, and radially streaked with darker brown. The shell has a dark grey and smooth parietal callus.

The major diameter is up to 45 mm, and height up to 24 mm.

References

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