''Powelliphanta rossiana'', subspecies "Fox"

Powelliphanta rossiana "Fox"
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Sigmurethra

Superfamily: Rhytidoidea
Family: Rhytididae
Genus: Powelliphanta
Species: Powelliphanta
Subspecies: P. rossiana "Fox"
Trinomial name
Powelliphanta rossiana "Fox"
not yet described

Powelliphanta rossiana, subspecies "Fox", known as one of the amber snails, is an as yet unnamed subspecies of large, carnivorous land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Rhytididae.

References

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


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