Powelliphanta patrickensis

Powelliphanta patrickensis
At the Denniston Plateau (March 2021)
Inside its shell (2017)
Conservation status
Nationally Critical (NZ TCS) [1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Family:	Rhytididae
Genus:	Powelliphanta
Species:	P. patrickensis
Binomial name
Powelliphanta patrickensis Powell, 1949
Synonyms
Powelliphanta rossiana patrickensis Powell, 1949 Powelliphanta "patrickensis"

Powelliphanta patrickensis is a species of large, carnivorous land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Rhytididae. This species is endemic to the South Island of New Zealand. Formerly, it was considered as a subspecies of Powelliphanta rossiana .

Distribution

This species occurs only on the Denniston-Stockton Plateau on the South Island of New Zealand. ^{[2] [3]}

Conservation status

Powelliphanta patrickensis is classified by the New Zealand Department of Conservation as being Nationally Critical. ^[1] The population is threatened by mining, roading, and introduced predators such as thrushes, rats and possums. ^[3]

See also

• Biodiversity of New Zealand
• List of non-marine molluscs of New Zealand

References

1. Walker, Kath; et al. (February 2024). Todd, Amanda (ed.). Conservation status of New Zealand indigenous terrestrial Gastropoda (slugs and snails) (PDF) (Report). Part 3. Rhytididae (carnivorous snails), 2022. New Zealand Department of Conservation. p. 26. ISBN   978-1-7385800-7-1. ISSN   2324-1713 . Retrieved 27 September 2024.
2. Powell, A. W. B. (1979). New Zealand Mollusca. Auckland: William Collins Publishers Ltd. ISBN   0-00-216906-1.
3. Walker, Kath (2003). Recovery plans for Powelliphanta land snails, 2003-2013 (PDF). Wellington: Department of Conservation. pp. 133–135. ISBN   978-0-478-22418-4. Archived (PDF) from the original on 10 April 2018.

External links

• Powelliphanta patrickensis management plan at Solid Energy