Powelliphanta annectens
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| Powelliphanta annectens | |
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| Powelliphanta annectens | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Rhytididae |
| Genus: | Powelliphanta |
| Species: | P. annectens
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| Powelliphanta annectens Powell, 1936
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Powelliphanta annectens is one of the amber snails, an air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial gastropod mollusc in the family Rhytididae. It is a protected species with very limited distribution.
Distribution
[edit | edit source]This species occurs in the northern parts of the South Island of New Zealand.[2] The only individuals have been found between 2,000 and 2,500 feet (610 and 760 m) from the Ōpārara River near Karamea, to Gunner Downs south of the Heaphy River.[3][4]
Life cycle
[edit | edit source]The shape of the eggs of this species is oval. They are seldom constant in dimensions, varying from 9 by 8 millimetres (0.35 in × 0.31 in) to 9 by 8.5 millimetres (0.35 in × 0.33 in).[5]
References
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- ^ 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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