Powelliphanta "Owen"

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Powelliphanta "Owen"
Status NZTCS NE.svg
Nationally Endangered (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. "Owen"
Binomial name
Powelliphanta "Owen"

This is a yet-unnamed Powelliphanta species, provisionally known as Powelliphanta "Owen". 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 "Owen" is classified by the New Zealand Department of Conservation as Nationally Endangered.

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