Powelliphanta "Baton"

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Powelliphanta "Baton"
Status NZTCS NC.svg
Nationally Critical (NZ TCS)
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Rhytididae
Genus: Powelliphanta
Species:
P. "Baton"
Binomial name
Powelliphanta "Baton"

An as-yet-unnamed Powelliphanta species is provisionally known as Powelliphanta "Baton". This is one of the amber snails. It is an undescribed species of large, carnivorous land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Rhytididae.

Conservation status

Powelliphanta "Baton" is classified as Nationally Critical by the New Zealand Department of Conservation.

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