Snail, Superb Land
Description
Powelliphanta superba superba. A Superb Land Snail, khaki green in colour. Interior is hollow, inserted with a piece of white paper, handwritten in ink, that reads "Paryphanta superba [underlined] / Powell / Cedar Creek Ridge, / 2500-3000 ft. S.E. of / Collingwood, West Nelson / (Very scarce. Found around tussock clumps. I have put in a whole day without finding one and four is the maximum number I have ever found on one trip)". Situated in a small cardboard box with a white label with black printed text that reads "P. superba / (Powell, 1930) / Cedar Creek Ridge, W.Nelson". A96.863 is also contained in this box.
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