Snail, Kauri
Description
Paryphanta busbyi busbyi. A Kauri Snail, khaki green and black in colour with a hollow shell. Interior of shell has been filled with cotton wool. Contained in a small rectangular cardboard box with a white label with black printed text that reads "Paryphanta busbyi busbyi (Gray, 1840) / In roadside watertable, Mangamuka Ra." A96.832 - 838 are also contained in this box.
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Classification
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Kauri
snails
are
carnivorous
land
snails.
They
are
found
in
Northland.
This
sub-species
is
the
more
widespread
of
the
two
sub-species.
They
eat
mainly
earthworms
but
also
insects,
and
other
snails.
They
are
threatened
by
habitat
destruction
and
predation.
Accession number
A96.833
Collection type
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