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Powelliphanta spedeni

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Powelliphanta spedeni
Powelliphanta spedeni lateumbilicata at Te Papa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Rhytididae
Genus: Powelliphanta
Species:
P. spedeni
Binomial name
Powelliphanta spedeni
(Powell, 1932)

Powelliphanta spedeni, known as one of the amber snails, is a species of large, carnivorous land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Rhytididae.

Distribution

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This species is endemic to the South Island of New Zealand. There are two subspecies:[1]

Description

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The shell of Powelliphanta spedeni reaches a maximum size of 40 mm.[2]

Powelliphanta spedeni

Life cycle

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Powelliphanta spedeni produces an egg up to the size of 11.5 mm.[2] Shape of the eggs is oval and seldom constant in dimensions 11.5 × 9 mm, 11 × 9 mm, 9 × 7.75 mm.[2] Its eggs are laid in March.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
  2. ^ a b c d 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 75, 1945-46, pages 54-57.