Powelliphanta gilliesi aurea (Powell, 1946)

• Amber snails

Scientific classification
Phylum:Mollusca
Class:Gastropoda
Subclass:Heterobranchia
Infraclass:Euthyneura
Subterclass:Tectipleura
Superorder:Eupulmonata
Order:Stylommatophora
Suborder:Helicina
Infraorder:Rhytidoidei
Superfamily:Rhytidoidea
Family:Rhytididae
Subfamily:Rhytidinae
Genus:Powelliphanta
Species:P. hochstetteri
Subspecies:P. hochstetteri hochstetteri

48mm

Mangarakau Bluffs, North-West Nelson, New Zealand
Collected in 1966
Under mixed leaf litter of broad-leaved scrub at 600 m.a.s.l.

From my collection

Photo Taken: February 22, 2021
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