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.

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