Powelliphanta hochstetteri anatokiensis, known as one of the amber snails, is a subspecies of large, carnivorous land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Rhytididae. It is found in New Zealand.
| Powelliphanta hochstetteri anatokiensis | |
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| Type specimen from the collections of Auckland War Memorial Museum | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Rhytididae |
| Genus: | Powelliphanta |
| Species: | |
| Subspecies: | P. h. anatokiensis
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| Trinomial name | |
| Powelliphanta hochstetteri anatokiensis Powell, 1938
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Conservation status
editPowelliphanta hochstetteri anatokiensis is classified by the New Zealand Department of Conservation as being in Gradual Decline.
Distribution
editLife cycle
editShape of the eggs is oval and seldom constant in dimensions 9.5 by 7 millimetres (0.37 in × 0.28 in), 8.5 by 6 millimetres (0.33 in × 0.24 in), 12 by 10.5 millimetres (0.47 in × 0.41 in), 12 by 10 millimetres (0.47 in × 0.39 in), 12.5 by 10.5 millimetres (0.49 in × 0.41 in).[2]
References
edit- ^ Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
- ^ 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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