Snail, Gillies' Land
Description
Powelliphanta gilliesi jamesoni. A Gillies' Land Snail, brown in colour with a piece of shell missing from underneath. Situated in a cardboard box with a white label with black printed text that reads "P.gillies jamesoni (Powell, 1936) / Brown based form; Blue Duck Creek, / Gouland Downs". A96.911 is also contained in this box.
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Classification
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This
subspecies
is
found
at
Blue
Duck
Creek,
Gouland
Downs,
West
Nelson,
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
A96.910
Collection type
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