Powelliphanta fiordlandica

Powelliphanta fiordlandica
Conservation status
Nationally Vulnerable (NZ TCS)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Family:	Rhytididae
Genus:	Powelliphanta
Species:	P. fiordlandica
Binomial name
Powelliphanta fiordlandica (Climo, 1971)
Synonyms
Paryphanta (Powelliphanta) fiordlandicaClimo, 1971 (superseded combination)

Powelliphanta fiordlandica, one of the amber snails, is a species of large, carnivorous land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Rhytididae. ^[1]

Conservation status

Powelliphanta fiordlandica is classified by the New Zealand Department of Conservation as being Nationally Vulnerable.

Description

The length of the shell attains 32mm, its height 16mm. ^[2]

Distribution

This species is endemic to New Zealand and occurs on Resolution Island, South Island. ^[2]

Conservation status

Under the New Zealand Threat Classification System, this species is listed as "Nationally Vulnerable" with the qualifiers of "Biologically Sparse", "Conservation Dependent", "Data Poor: Size" and "Data Poor: Trend". ^[3]

References

1. Powelliphanta fiordlandica (Climo, 1971 . 4 September 2024. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species .
2. New Zealand Mollusca: Powelliphanta fiordlandica
3. "NZTCS". nztcs.org.nz. Retrieved 2025-05-28.

• Powell A W B, New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN   0-00-216906-1
• Climo, F.M. (1971). "A new species of Paryphanta (Mollusca: Paryphantidae) from south-west Fiordland, New Zealand". Records of the Dominion Museum. 7: 147.
• Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Christchurch: Canterbury University Press.
• Meads, M.J., Walker, K.J., Elliott, G.P. (1984). "Status, conservation, and management of the land snails of the genus Powelliphanta (Mollusca: Pulmonata)". New Zealand Journal of Zoology. 11 (3): 299. doi:10.1080/03014223.1984.10428241.