''Powelliphanta spedeni lateumbilicata'', known as one of the amber snails, is a

subspecies In biological classification, subspecies is a rank below species, used for populations that live in different areas and vary in size, shape, or other physical characteristics (morphology), but that can successfully interbreed. Not all species ...

of large, carnivorous

land snail A land snail is any of the numerous species of snail that live on land, as opposed to the sea snails and freshwater snails. ''Land snail'' is the common name for terrestrial gastropod mollusks that have shells (those without shells are known as ...

, a terrestrial

pulmonate Pulmonata or pulmonates, is an informal group (previously an order, and before that a subclass) of snails and slugs characterized by the ability to breathe air, by virtue of having a pallial lung instead of a gill, or gills. The group includ ...

gastropod The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda (). This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...

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in the family Rhytididae.

Conservation status

''Powelliphanta spedeni lateumbilicata'' is classified by the New Zealand Department of Conservation as being ''Range Restricted''.

References

* Powell A. W. B., ''New Zealand Mollusca'', William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979
New Zealand Department of Conservation Threatened Species Classification
Gastropods of New Zealand Powelliphanta Taxa named by Arthur William Baden Powell Endemic fauna of New Zealand Endemic molluscs of New Zealand {{Rhytididae-stub