Powelliphanta augusta DOC 2005
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Description: English: Powelliphanta augusta was discovered in 1996 by Nelson Botanical Society members, but DOC was unaware of its existence till early 2004. It is now confined to a 4 ha site just north of Mt Augustus on the Stockton coal plateau. All of this snail's remaining habitat was destroyed through expansion of the Stockton open-cast coal mine in 2005. Date: 2005. Source: New Zealand Department of Conservation. Author: K. J. Walker.
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- Life (creatures)
- Cellular (cellular organisms)
- Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
- Opisthokonta (opisthokonts)
- Metazoa (Animal)
- Bilateria
- Protostomia (protostomes)
- Spiralia (spiralians)
- Mollusca (molluscs)
- Gastropoda (snails)
- Heterobranchia
- Stylommatophora (Land snails and slugs)
- Rhytidoidea
- Rhytididae
- Powelliphanta (New Zealand giant landsnails)
- Powelliphanta augusta (Mt Augustus snail)
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