Snail Egg, Gillies' Land
Description
Powelliphanta gilliesi gilliesi. A Gillies' Land Snail Egg, white in colour. Situated in a plastic container lined with foam and a white label with black printed text that reads "Egg of P. gilliesi gilliesi / Mt Burnett".
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Classification
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This
subspecies
is
found
at
Mt
Burnett,
South
Island.
It
is
one
of
the
large
land
carnivorous
snails
that
eats
earthworms.
They
are
endemic
to
New
Zealand.
Little
is
known
about
the
species
and
their
population
status
but
they
are
susceptible
to
habitat
loss
and
predation.
Accession number
A96.903
Collection type
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