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Powelliphanta traversi
Powelliphanta traversi otakia.jpg
Powelliphanta traversi otakia in Te Papa
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Phylum:
Class:
(unranked):
Pulmonata
Family:
Rhytididae
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Species:
P. traversi
Binomial name
Powelliphanta traversi
Powell, 1930
Powelliphanta traversi traversi Papaitonga
Powelliphanta traversi traversi at Lake Papaitonga
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Powelliphanta traversi traversi in Prouse Bush, Levin, New Zealand

Powelliphanta traversi, known as Travers' land snail, is a species of large, carnivorous land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Rhytididae. This species is endemic to the North Island of New Zealand between Wellington and Lake Waikaremoana.

There are six subspecies, all of which are listed by the New Zealand Department of Conservation as threatened:

  • Powelliphanta traversi florida Powell, 1946Nationally Endangered
  • Powelliphanta traversi latizona Powell, 1949Nationally Endangered
  • Powelliphanta traversi koputaroa Powell, 1946Nationally Endangered
  • Powelliphanta traversi otakia Powell, 1946Nationally Critical
  • Powelliphanta traversi tararuaensis Powell, 1938Nationally Endangered
  • Powelliphanta traversi traversi Powell, 1930Nationally Endangered

The eggs are oval and seldom constant in dimensions 10 × 8.75 mm, 9.5 × 8.5 mm, 10 × 8 mm, 11 × 9 mm, 10.75 × 9 mm.

Possum predated Powelliphanta traversi DOC 1994
Shells of P. traversi that have been predated by brushtail possums

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