''Powelliphanta'' "Haast"

This yet-unnamed Powelliphanta species, provisionally known as Powelliphanta "Haast", is one of the amber snails which is an undescribed species of large, carnivorous land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Rhytididae.

Conservation status

Powelliphanta "Haast" is classified as being in Gradual decline by the New Zealand Threat Classification System.

References

    • Powell A W B, New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
    • New Zealand Department of Conservation Threatened Species Classification
    • Department of Conservation Recovery Plans


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