Powelliphanta

Powelliphanta augusta

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Rhytidoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Spiralia Cladus: Lophotrochozoa Phylum: Mollusca Classis: Gastropoda Subclassis: Heterobranchia Infraclassis: Euthyneura Cohors: Tectipleura Subcohors: Panpulmonata Superordo: Eupulmonata Ordo: Stylommatophora Subordo: Helicina Infraordo: Rhytidoidei Superfamilia: Rhytidoidea

Familia: Rhytididae
Subfamilia: Rhytidinae
Genus: Powelliphanta
Species: P. annectens – P. augusta – P. fiordlandica – P. fletcheri – P. gagei – P. gilliesi – P. hochstetteri – P. lignaria – P. marchanti – P. patrickensis – P. spedeni – P. superba – P. traversi

Name

Powelliphanta O'Connor, 1945 [as subgenus of Paryphanta]

• Type species: Helix hochstetteri Pfeiffer, 1862, by original designation.

Primary references

• O'Connor, A.C. 1945: Notes on the eggs of New Zealand Paryphantidae, with description of a new subgenus. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand 75: 54–56, plates 5-6. Full text and PDF Reference page. 
• Buckley, T.R., White, D.J., Howitt, R., Winstanley, T., Ramón-Laca, A. & Gleeson, D. 2014. Nuclear and mitochondrial DNA variation within threatened species and subspecies of the giant New Zealand land-snail genus Powelliphanta: implications for classification and conservation. Journal of Molluscan Studies 80(3): 291–302. DOI: 10.1093/mollus/eyu014 Reference page. 
• Climo, F.M. 1977: A new higher classification of New Zealand Rhytididae (Mollusca: Pulmonata). Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 7(1): 59–65. DOI: 10.1080/03036758.1977.10419336 . Reference page. 
• Climo, F.M. 1978: The Powelliphanta gilliesi-traversi-hochstetteri-rossiana-lignaria-superba ring species (Mollusca: Pulmonata). New Zealand journal of zoology, 5(2): 289–294. BUGZ Google books Reference page. 
• Meads, M.J.; Walker, K.J.; Elliott, G.P. 1985(1984): Status, conservation, and management of the land snails of the genus Powelliphanta (Mollusca: Pulmonata). New Zealand journal of zoology 11(3): 277–306. DOI: 10.1080/03014223.1984.10428241 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Amber snail