Powelliphanta lignaria

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

"Powelliphanta lignaria", 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 west coast of the South Island of New Zealand.

There are seven subspecies:

* "Powelliphanta lignaria johnstoni" Powell, 1946
* "Powelliphanta lignaria lignaria" Hutton, 1888
* "Powelliphanta lignaria lusca" Powell, 1949
* "Powelliphanta lignaria oconnori" Powell, 1938
* "Powelliphanta lignaria rotella" Powell, 1938
* "Powelliphanta lignaria ruforadiata" Powell, 1949
* "Powelliphanta lignaria unicolorata" Powell, 1930

References

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