Powelliphanta patrickensis
Species of gastropod
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Powelliphanta patrickensis is a species of large, carnivorous land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Rhytididae. This species is endemic to the South Island of New Zealand. Formerly, it was considered as a subspecies of Powelliphanta rossiana.
| Powelliphanta patrickensis | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Rhytididae |
| Genus: | Powelliphanta |
| Species: | P. patrickensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Powelliphanta patrickensis Powell, 1949 | |
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Distribution
This species occurs only on the Denniston-Stockton Plateau on the South Island of New Zealand.[2][3]
Conservation status
Powelliphanta patrickensis is classified by the New Zealand Department of Conservation as being Nationally Critical.[1] The population is threatened by mining, roading, and introduced predators such as thrushes, rats and possums.[3]
