Snail, Land
Description
Powelliphanta species. It is a large specimen of native land snail. It is a chocolate brown colour. There are vertical grooves in the shell. One the top side of the shell the center is golden in colour. The interior is a grey colour. On the bottom side of the shell is an old accession number in white pen A91.123.
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Powelliphanta
are
large
carnivorous
land
snails.
They
earthworms
which
they
suck
up
like
spaghetti.
They
are
endemic
to
New
Zealand
and
many
species
have
restricted
populations.
They
are
highly
susceptible
to
habitat
loss
and
predation
by
introduced
pest.
Little
is
known
about
the
species.
Accession number
A101.137
Collection type
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