Snail, Egmont
Description
A Egmont Snail, brown in colour. Interior is hollow and the underneath has an adhered label which has "8" handwritten on in black pen. Situated in a cardboard box with a white label with handwritten text that reads ""Egmont" Paraphanta". A96.945 is also contained in this box.
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Classification
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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
A96.944
Collection type
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