Powelliphanta augusta

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: Powelliphanta augusta

Name

• Powelliphanta augusta Walker, Trewick & Barker, 2008
  • Holotype: NMNZ M.277582
  • Type locality: North peak of Mt Augustus massif, 955 m elevation, Stockton Plateau, north Westland, South Island, New Zealand, L29/E 2414704, N 5947941.

References

Primary references

• Walker, K.J., Trewick, S.A. & Barker, G.M. 2008. Powelliphanta augusta, a new species of land snail, with a description of its former habitat, Stockton coal plateau, New Zealand. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 38(3): 163–186. DOI: 10.1080/03014220809510553 Reference page. 

Additional references

• Boyer S, Wratten SD, Holyoake A, Abdelkrim J, Cruickshank RH 2013: Using next-generation sequencing to analyse the diet of a highly endangered land snail (Powelliphanta augusta) feeding on endemic earthworms. PLoS ONE, 8(9): e75962. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0075962
• James, A.F. et al. 2012(online): Modelling the growth and population dynamics of the exiled Stockton coal plateau landsnail, Powelliphanta augusta. New Zealand journal of zoology, DOI: 10.1080/03014223.2012.723012

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