Powelliphanta traversi otakia (Powell, 1946)Species Images
Rahui Road, Otaki. 44mm. Photographed from an old collection, pre 1970's
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Powelliphanta traversi otakia (Powell, 1946)
Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Heterobranchia (Subclass) > Euthyneura (Infraclass) > Tectipleura (Subterclass) > Eupulmonata (Superorder) > Stylommatophora (Order) > Helicina (Suborder) > Rhytidoidei (Infraorder) > Rhytidoidea (Superfamily) > Rhytididae (Family) > Powelliphanta (Genus) > traversi otakia (Species)
Family:
RHYTIDIDAE
Size/Grows to:
Length 50mm, Height 26mm
Distribution:
North Island. Near Otaki
Geographical Range:
L.N.E.
Notes:
Distribution Map
References and Publications
- Walker, K.J. 2003 Recovery plans for Powelliphanta land snails, 2003-2013: Threatened Species Recovery Plan 49, Department of Conservation, Wellington, 49 (p.40)
- Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.342)
Key to Geographical Ranges
The symbols K.A.C.F.M.An. are used to indicate the geographical range of the species.
They have been adopted to give an approximation of the range of each species within New Zealand.
K=
Kermadec Islands
A=
Aupourian - Kaipara Harbour, north around North Cape, encompassing the Three Kings Islands and south to East Cape
C=
Cookian - Lower North Island and the northern part of the South Island
F=
Forsterian - Otago, Fiordland and Stewart Island
M=
Moriorian - Chatham Islands, Pitt Island
An=
Antipodean - Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
E =
Endemic
I =
Introduced
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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