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Species of gastropod From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Powelliphanta gilliesi, one of the "amber snails", is a species of large, carnivorous land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Rhytididae.
Powelliphanta gilliesi | |
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Holotype of Powelliphanta gilliesi fallax from the Auckland War Memorial Museum | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Order: | Stylommatophora |
Family: | Rhytididae |
Genus: | Powelliphanta |
Species: | P. gilliesi |
Binomial name | |
Powelliphanta gilliesi E. A. Smith, 1880 | |
Synonyms | |
Paryphanta gilliesi Smith, 1880 |
This species is endemic to the West Nelson area of the South Island of New Zealand.
There are nine subspecies,[2] some of which are listed by the New Zealand Department of Conservation:[3]
The eggs of this species are oval in shape and are seldom constant in dimensions, varying from 9 by 8 millimetres (0.35 in × 0.31 in), to 9.75 by 8 millimetres (0.384 in × 0.315 in), and 10 by 8 millimetres (0.39 in × 0.31 in).[4]
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