Powelliphanta traversi

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

"Powelliphanta traversi", 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 North Island of New Zealand between Wellington and Lake Waikaremoana. There are six subspecies:
* "Powelliphanta traversi florida" Powell, 1946
* "Powelliphanta traversi latizona" Powell, 1949
* "Powelliphanta traversi koputaroa" Powell, 1946
* "Powelliphanta traversi otakia" Powell, 1946
* "Powelliphanta traversi tararuaensis" Powell, 1938
* "Powelliphanta traversi traversi" Powell, 1930

References

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