Powelliphanta hochstetteri anatokiensis

Taxobox
name = "Powelliphanta hochstetteri anatokiensis"


image_caption = A "Powelliphanta" of unknown species.
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status =
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Mollusca
classis = Gastropoda
ordo = Pulmonata
familia = Rhytididae
genus = "Powelliphanta"
species = "P. hochstetteri"
subspecies = "P. hochstetteri anatokiensis"
trinomial = "Powelliphanta hochstetteri anatokiensis"
trinomial_authority = Powell, 1938

"Powelliphanta hochstetteri anatokiensis", 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. It is found only in the western part of the Tasman Mountains, in the Tasman district of the north west South Island.

hell description

Shell coloration is reddish, with a pattern of closely-spaced, diffused, narrow, reddish-brown spiral lines and bands.

The major shell diameter is up to 74 mm, and the height is up to 35 mm.

Conservation status

"Powelliphanta hochstetteri anatokiensis" is classified by the New Zealand Department of Conservation as being in "Gradual 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]