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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
RHYTIDIDAE: RHYTIDINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> Euthyneura (Infraclass)
> Tectipleura (Subterclass)
> Eupulmonata (Superorder)
> Stylommatophora (Order)
> Helicina (Suborder)
> Rhytidoidei (Infraorder)
> Rhytidoidea (Superfamily)
> Rhytididae (Family)
> Rhytidinae (Subfamily)
> Powelliphanta (Genus)
> rossiana (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Paryphanta (Powelliphanta) O'Connor, 1945
Synonymised Names:
=Paryphanta (Powelliphanta) rossiana Powell, 1930
=Paryphanta rossiana Powell, 1930
Images: Powelliphanta rossiana (Powell, 1930)
Holotype, collected in Mar 1910, Mt. Greenland, Ross, Westland, NZ (MA72114). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Holotype, collected in Mar 1910, Mt. Greenland, Ross, Westland, NZ (MA72114). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Holotype, collected in Mar 1910, Mt. Greenland, Ross, Westland, NZ (MA72114). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
RHYTIDIDAE: RHYTIDINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> Euthyneura (Infraclass)
> Tectipleura (Subterclass)
> Eupulmonata (Superorder)
> Stylommatophora (Order)
> Helicina (Suborder)
> Rhytidoidei (Infraorder)
> Rhytidoidea (Superfamily)
> Rhytididae (Family)
> Rhytidinae (Subfamily)
> Powelliphanta (Genus)
> rossiana (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Paryphanta (Powelliphanta) O'Connor, 1945
Synonymised Names:
=Paryphanta (Powelliphanta) rossiana Powell, 1930
=Paryphanta rossiana Powell, 1930
Details: Powelliphanta rossiana (Powell, 1930)
Size/Grows to:
Length 38mm, Height 25mm
Distribution:
South Island. Ross, Westland
Type Data:
  • Mount Greenland, Ross, SW of Greymouth, NZ, (holotype)
Notes:
Kauri Snail, Land, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • 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) (p.298)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.341)
  • Climo, F.M. 1978 The Powelliphanta gilliesi - traversi - hochstetteri - rossiana - lignaria - superba ring species (Mollusca: Pulmonata), New Zealand Journal of Zoology, 5(2) (p.289)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1930 The Paryphantidae of New Zealand: their hypothetical ancestry, with descriptions of new species and a new genus, Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum, 1 (p.44) Original Description

NZ Geographical Regions
Key to symbols used in Checklist.
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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