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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
RHYTIDIDAE: RHYTIDINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> Euthyneura (Infraclass)
> Tectipleura (Subterclass)
> Eupulmonata (Superorder)
> Stylommatophora (Order)
> Helicina (Suborder)
> Rhytidoidei (Infraorder)
> Rhytidoidea (Superfamily)
> Rhytididae (Family)
> Rhytidinae (Subfamily)
> Powelliphanta (Genus)
> gilliesi fallax (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Paryphanta (Powelliphanta) O'Connor, 1945
Synonymised Names:
=Paryphanta fallax Powell, 1930
Images: Powelliphanta gilliesi fallax (Powell, 1930)
Near Pupa Springs, Takaka, North-West Nelson. 40mm. Photographed from an old collection, pre 1970's
Holotype, collected 1928, between Parapara Inlet and Takaka, North-West Nelson, NZ (MA70596). 48mm. © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Holotype, collected 1928, between Parapara Inlet and Takaka, North-West Nelson, NZ (MA70596). 48mm. © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Holotype, collected 1928, between Parapara Inlet and Takaka, North-West Nelson, NZ (MA70596). 48mm. © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
RHYTIDIDAE: RHYTIDINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> Euthyneura (Infraclass)
> Tectipleura (Subterclass)
> Eupulmonata (Superorder)
> Stylommatophora (Order)
> Helicina (Suborder)
> Rhytidoidei (Infraorder)
> Rhytidoidea (Superfamily)
> Rhytididae (Family)
> Rhytidinae (Subfamily)
> Powelliphanta (Genus)
> gilliesi fallax (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Paryphanta (Powelliphanta) O'Connor, 1945
Synonymised Names:
=Paryphanta fallax Powell, 1930
Details: Powelliphanta gilliesi fallax (Powell, 1930)
Size/Grows to:
Length 48mm, Height 25mm
Distribution:
South Island. West Nelson
Geographical Range:
L.S.E.
Notes:
Kauri Snail, Land, Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.340)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1930 The Paryphantidae of New Zealand: their hypothetical ancestry, with descriptions of new species and a new genus, Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum, 1 (p.49) Original Description

Key to Geographical Ranges
NZ Map showing Geographical Ranges
The symbols K.A.C.F.M.An. are used to indicate the geographical range of the species. They have been adopted to give an approximation of the range of each species within New Zealand.
K=
Kermadec Islands
A=
Aupourian - Kaipara Harbour, north around North Cape, encompassing the Three Kings Islands and south to East Cape
C=
Cookian - Lower North Island and the northern part of the South Island
F=
Forsterian - Otago, Fiordland and Stewart Island
M=
Moriorian - Chatham Islands, Pitt Island
An=
Antipodean - Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
E =
Endemic
I =
Introduced
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil