Powelliphanta patrickensis

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
Conservation status
Nationally Critical (NZ TCS)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Family:	Rhytididae
Genus:	Powelliphanta
Species:	P. patrickensis
Binomial name
Powelliphanta patrickensis Powell, 1949
Synonyms
Powelliphanta rossiana patrickensis Powell, 1949 Powelliphanta "patrickensis"

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]

See also

• Biodiversity of New Zealand
• List of non-marine molluscs of New Zealand