Powelliphanta hochstetteri bicolor

Powelliphanta hochstetteri bicolor, 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 hochstetteri bicolor
Photo of apical view of a shell of Powelliphanta hochstetteri bicolor.
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 hochstetteri
Subspecies:
P. hochstetteri bicolor
Trinomial name
Powelliphanta hochstetteri bicolor
Powell, 1938

Distribution

This species occurs in New Zealand[1]

Life cycle

The shape of the eggs is oval, and they are usually not constant in their dimensions, on average they are 10.75 × 9 mm.[2]

Conservation status

Powelliphanta hochstetteri bicolor is classified by the New Zealand Department of Conservation as being in Gradual Decline.

References
  1. Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
  2. 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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