Snail, Kauri
Description
Paryphanta busbyi watti. A Kauri Snail, white in colour and with slight sand/dirt build up in the hollow shell. Contained in a small cardboard box with a white label with black printed text that reads "Paryphanta busbyi watti (Powell, 1946) / Fossil form in consolidated dunes, / Cape Maria van Dieman". A96.825 is also contained in this box.
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Classification
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The
Kauri
snail
is
an
endangered
land
snail.
This
species
was
restricted
to
three
locations
on
the
Aupouri
peninsula
and
is
the
rarest
of
the
two
subspecies.
They
are
carnivorous
snails
eating
earthworms,
insects
and
other
snail
species.They
are
highly
dependent
on
humidity
and
plant
material
Accession number
A96.826
Collection type
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