Powelliphanta hochstetteri bicolor
| Powelliphanta hochstetteri bicolor | |
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| Photo of apical view of a shell of Powelliphanta hochstetteri bicolor. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
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clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura |
| Superfamily: | Rhytidoidea |
| Family: | Rhytididae |
| Genus: | Powelliphanta |
| Species: | Powelliphanta hochstetteri |
| Subspecies: | P. hochstetteri bicolor |
| Trinomial name | |
| Powelliphanta hochstetteri bicolor Powell, 1938 |
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clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Sigmurethra
Powelliphanta hochstetteri bicolor, known as one of the amber snails, is a subspecies of large, carnivorous land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Rhytididae.
This species occurs in New Zealand
The shape of the eggs is oval, and they are usually not constant in their dimensions, on average they are 10.75 × 9 mm.
Powelliphanta hochstetteri bicolor is classified by the New Zealand Department of Conservation as being in Gradual Decline.
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