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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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
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