Mount Augustus was a mountain on the
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New Zealand
New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island count ...
.
It was the locality for a
type specimen
In biology, a type is a particular wiktionary:en:specimen, specimen (or in some cases a group of specimens) of an organism to which the scientific name of that organism is formally attached. In other words, a type is an example that serves to a ...
of the ''
Powelliphanta augusta
''Powelliphanta augusta'' or the Mount Augustus snail, previously provisionally known as ''Powelliphanta'' "Augustus", is a species of large, carnivorous land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Rhytididae. Natural ...
'' species of carnivorous snails previously known as ''Powelliphanta'' "Augustus". The mountain, part of the
Stockton mine
Stockton Mine, on the Stockton Coal Field, is New Zealand's largest opencast mining operation. The entrance to the mine is at the former settlement of Stockton.
Extent
The coal field is situated between 5 and 10 kilometres linear distance s ...
, was removed to recover the underlying coal.
References
Buller District
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