Powelliphanta rossiana, subspecies "Fox"

Powelliphanta rossiana, subspecies "Fox", known as one of the amber snails, is an as yet unnamed subspecies of large, carnivorous land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Rhytididae.

Powelliphanta rossiana "Fox"
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora

informal group Sigmurethra
Superfamily:
Rhytidoidea
Family:
Rhytididae
Genus:
Powelliphanta
Species:
Powelliphanta
Subspecies:
P. rossiana "Fox"
Trinomial name
Powelliphanta rossiana "Fox"
not yet described

References
    • Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
    • Department of Conservation Recovery Plans
    • New Zealand Department of Conservation Threatened Species Classification
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