Snail, Kauri

Description
Paryphanta busbyi busbyi. A Kauri Snail, pale tan and transparent in colour. Contained in a glass tube with a plastic screw top. A white label with black printed text inside the tube reads "P. busbyi busbyi (juv.)/ Mangamuka Bridge" Situated 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
Gastropoda (Univalves)/Mollusca (Shellfish)/Invertebrates/Animals/T&E For Science & Technology
Credit line
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
A96.838
Collection type
Natural Sciences

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