Snail, Hochstetter's Land
Description
Powelliphanta hochstetteri obscura. A Hochstetter Land Snail brown in colour with a striped pattern. Interior is hollow. Situated in a cardboard box with a white label with black printed text that reads "P. hochstetteri obscura (Beutler, 1901) / D'Urville Island". A96.879 is also contained in this box.
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Classification
Credit line
This
subspecies
is
found
in
the
Marlborough
sounds,
South
Island.
It
is
a
large
carnivorous
snails
that
eats
earthworms,
insects,
and
other
snails.
It
is
in
decline
and
susceptible
to
habitat
loss
and
predation.
Little
is
known
about
this
species.
Accession number
A96.880
Collection type
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