Powelliphanta traversi latizona

Taxobox
name = "Powelliphanta traversi latizona"


image_caption = A "Powelliphanta" of unknown species.
image_width = 250
status = EN
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Mollusca
classis = Gastropoda
ordo = Pulmonata
familia = Rhytididae
genus = "Powelliphanta"
species = "P. traversi"
subspecies = "P. traversi latizona"
trinomial = "Powelliphanta traversi latizona"
trinomial_authority = Powell, 1949

"Powelliphanta traversi latizona", 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 North Island of New Zealand. It is found only in the Arapaepae Range, near Levin.

hell description

The shell coloration is yellowish-olive to old gold, distantly but strongly spirally banded and lined in dark reddish-brown.

The shell diameter is up to 53 mm, and height up to 27 mm.

Conservation status

"Powelliphanta traversi latizona" is classified by the New Zealand Department of Conservation as being "Nationally Endangered".

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]