Snail, Sub Fossil
Description
A Sub Fossil Snail from the traversi series, brown in colour. Shell has collapsed and is hollow. Situated in a cardboard box with a white label with black printed text that reads "Collapsed sub-fossil / embedded in peat. / Wightman's v., Upper Hutt / Ancestor of traversi / series".
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Classification
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This
is
a
subfossil
of
a
species
from
the
traversi
group.
It
was
found
int
he
Upper
Hutt
area.
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
A96.935
Collection type
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