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.
| Powelliphanta patrickensis | |
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| At the Denniston Plateau (March 2021) | |
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| Inside its shell (2017) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Rhytididae |
| Genus: | Powelliphanta |
| Species: | P. patrickensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Powelliphanta patrickensis Powell, 1949
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Distribution
editThis species occurs only on the Denniston-Stockton Plateau on the South Island of New Zealand.[2][3]
Conservation status
editPowelliphanta 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
editReferences
edit- ^ a b 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.
- ^ Powell, A. W. B. (1979). New Zealand Mollusca. Auckland: William Collins Publishers Ltd. ISBN 0-00-216906-1.
- ^ a b 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.