Powelliphanta traversi florida

Taxobox
name = "Powelliphanta traversi florida"


image_caption = A "Powelliphanta" of unknown species.
image_width = 250
status = EN
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Mollusca
classis = Gastropoda
ordo = Pulmonata
familia = Rhytididae
genus = "Powelliphanta"
species = "P. traversi"
subspecies = "P. traversi florida"
trinomial = "Powelliphanta traversi florida"
trinomial_authority = Powell, 1946

"Powelliphanta traversi florida", known as one of the amber snails, is a subspecies of large, carnivorous land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Rhytididae.

Distribution

This subspecies is endemic to the North Island of New Zealand. It is found only in forest reserve at Muhunoa East, south east of Levin.

hell description

The shell coloration is a dark reddish-brown, closely spirally lined and banded in darker brown on top, and with the base almost completely dark brown.

The shell diameter is up to 53 mm, and height up to 27 mm.

Conservation status

"Powelliphanta traversi Florida" 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]