Powelliphanta patrickensis
Powelliphanta patrickensis is a species of large, carnivorous land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Rhytididae. This species is endemic to the South Island of New Zealand. Formerly, it was considered as a subspecies of Powelliphanta rossiana.
| Powelliphanta patrickensis | |
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| At the Denniston Plateau (March 2021) | |
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| Inside its shell (2017) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Rhytididae |
| Genus: | Powelliphanta |
| Species: | P. patrickensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Powelliphanta patrickensis Powell, 1949 | |
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Distribution
This species occurs only on the Denniston-Stockton Plateau on the South Island of New Zealand.[1][2]
Conservation status
Powelliphanta patrickensis is classified by the New Zealand Department of Conservation as being Nationally Endangered.[3] The population is threatened by mining, roading, and introduced predators such as thrushes, rats and possums.[2]
See also
- Biodiversity of New Zealand – The variety of life forms indigenous to New Zealand
- List of non-marine molluscs of New Zealand
References
- Powell, A. W. B. (1979). New Zealand Mollusca. Auckland: William Collins Publishers Ltd. ISBN 0-00-216906-1.
- Walker, Kath (2003). Recovery plans for Powelliphanta land snails, 2003-2013 (PDF). Wellington: Department of Conservation. pp. 133–135. ISBN 978-0-478-22418-4. Archived (PDF) from the original on 10 April 2018.
- "New Zealand Threat Classification System (NZTCS)". Department of Conservation. New Zealand Government. Archived from the original on 16 January 2023. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
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