Powelliphanta hochstetteri

Taxobox
name = "Powelliphanta hochstetteri"
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. hochstetteri"
binomial = "Powelliphanta hochstetteri"
binomial_authority =

"Powelliphanta hochstetteri", 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 Marlborough and Nelson provinces of the South Island of New Zealand.

There are five subspecies:

* "Powelliphanta hochstetteri anatokiensis" Powell, 1938
* "Powelliphanta hochstetteri bicolor" Powell, 1930
* "Powelliphanta hochstetteri consobrina" Powell, 1936
* "Powelliphanta hochstetteri hochstetteri" (Pfeiffer, 1862)
* "Powelliphanta hochstetteri obscura" Beutler, 1901

References

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