Placostylus ambagiosus paraspiritus

Taxobox
name = "Placostylus ambagiosus paraspiritus"


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status = EN
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Mollusca
classis = Gastropoda
ordo = Pulmonata
familia = Bulimulidae
genus = "Placostylus"
species = "P. ambagiosus"
subspecies = "P. ambagiosus paraspiritus"
trinomial = "Placostylus ambagiosus paraspiritus"
trinomial_authority = Powell, 1951

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

This subspecies is endangered.

Distribution

This land snail is endemic to Cape Maria van Diemen in Northland in the North Island of New Zealand.

hell description

The shell is similar to "Placostylus ambagiosus ambagiosus" in size and shape, but with only the basal lip tubercle well developed. The coloration differs also in being dark warm brown externally and reddish-brown within the aperture. The shell height is up to 72 mm, and width up to 32 mm.

Conservation status

"Placostylus ambagiosus paraspiritus" 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]