Powelliphanta spedeni lateumbilicata, known as one of the amber snails, is a subspecies of large, carnivorous land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Rhytididae.
| Powelliphanta spedeni lateumbilicata | |
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| Powelliphanta spedeni lateumbilicata at Te Papa | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Rhytididae |
| Genus: | Powelliphanta |
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| Subspecies: | P. s. lateumbilicata
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| Trinomial name | |
| Powelliphanta spedeni lateumbilicata Powell, 1946
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Conservation status
editPowelliphanta spedeni lateumbilicata is classified by the New Zealand Department of Conservation as being Range Restricted.
References
edit- Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
- New Zealand Department of Conservation Threatened Species Classification
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