Powelliphanta "Kirwans"

Powelliphanta "Kirwans"
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata clade Eupulmonata clade Stylommatophora informal group Sigmurethra
Superfamily:	Rhytidoidea
Family:	Rhytididae
Genus:	Powelliphanta
Species:	Not yet described

This is a yet-unnamed Powelliphanta species, provisionally known as Powelliphanta "Kirwans". It is one of the amber snails and is an undescribed species of large, carnivorous land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Rhytididae.

Conservation status

Powelliphanta "Kirwans"is classified by the New Zealand Threat Classification System as Range Restricted.

References

• Powell A W B, New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
• Department of Conservation Recovery Plans
• New Zealand Department of Conservation Threatened Species Classification