Powelliphanta traversi
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Powelliphanta traversi, known as Travers' land snail,[1] is a species of large, carnivorous land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Rhytididae. This species is endemic to the North Island of New Zealand between Wellington and Lake Waikaremoana.
There are six subspecies,[2] all of which are listed by the New Zealand Department of Conservation as threatened:[3]
- Powelliphanta traversi florida Powell, 1946 – Nationally Endangered
- Powelliphanta traversi latizona Powell, 1949 – Nationally Endangered
- Powelliphanta traversi koputaroa Powell, 1946 – Nationally Endangered
- Powelliphanta traversi otakia Powell, 1946 – Nationally Critical
- Powelliphanta traversi tararuaensis Powell, 1938 – Nationally Endangered
- Powelliphanta traversi traversi Powell, 1930 – Nationally Endangered
The eggs are oval and seldom constant in dimensions 10 × 8.75 mm, 9.5 × 8.5 mm, 10 × 8 mm, 11 × 9 mm, 10.75 × 9 mm.[4]
Description
Powelliphanta traversi are smaller than other species of the same genus.[5]
See also
References
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- ↑ Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd., Auckland, New Zealand 1979 Template:ISBN
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- ↑ O'Connor A. C. (June) 1945. Notes on the Eggs of New Zealand Paryphantidae, With Description of a New Subgenus. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand, volume 5, 1945-46, pages 54-57.
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