Placostylus ambagiosus ambagiosus

Taxobox
name = "Placostylus ambagiosus ambagiosus"


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status = CR
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Mollusca
classis = Gastropoda
ordo = Pulmonata
familia = Bulimulidae
genus = "Placostylus"
species = "P. ambagiosus"
subspecies = "P. ambagiosus ambagiosus"
trinomial = "Placostylus ambagiosus ambagiosus"
trinomial_authority = Suter, 1906

"Placostylus ambagiosus ambagiosus" is a subspecies of very large, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonategastropod mollusc in the family Bulimulidae, the bulimulus snails and their allies.

This subspecies of snail is critically endangered.

Distribution

This subspecies is endemic to Northland in the North Island of New Zealand. It is found off Cape Maria van Diemen on Motuopao Island.

Habitat

This snail lives around the roots of flax bushes.

hell description

The periostracum of the shell is yellowish-chestnut in color, and the interior of the aperture is salmon-orange. The shell height is up to 78 mm, and width up to 35 mm.

Conservation status

"Placostylus ambagiosus ambagiosus" is classified by the New Zealand Department of Conservation as being "Nationally Critical".

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]