page_title: Powelliphanta lignaria
hierarchical_section_title: Powelliphanta lignaria
caption_attribution_description: English: Powelliphanta lignaria johnstoni, Charming Creek, Buller District, West Coast, New Zealand
context_page_description: Powelliphanta lignaria, known as one of the amber snails, is a species of large, carnivorous land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Rhytididae. The eggs of P. lignaria are oval and seldom constant in dimensions 10 × 8.25, 9 × 7.75, 9 × 8, 8.75 × 7.75 mm.
  P. lignaria is endemic to the west coast of the South Island of New Zealand. There are seven subspecies, all of which are listed by the New Zealand Department of Conservation as threatened:
  Powelliphanta lignaria johnstoni Powell, 1946 – Nationally Endangered
  Powelliphanta lignaria lignaria Hutton, 1888 – Nationally Vulnerable
  Powelliphanta lignaria lusca Powell, 1949 – Nationally Vulnerable
  Powelliphanta lignaria oconnori Powell, 1938 – Nationally Vulnerable
  Powelliphanta lignaria rotella Powell, 1938 – Nationally Endangered
  Powelliphanta lignaria ruforadiata Powell, 1949 – Nationally Endangered
  Powelliphanta lignaria unicolorata Powell, 1930 – Nationally Vulnerable
context_section_description: Powelliphanta lignaria, known as one of the amber snails, is a species of large, carnivorous land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Rhytididae. The eggs of P. lignaria are oval and seldom constant in dimensions 10 × 8.25, 9 × 7.75, 9 × 8, 8.75 × 7.75 mm.
  P. lignaria is endemic to the west coast of the South Island of New Zealand. There are seven subspecies, all of which are listed by the New Zealand Department of Conservation as threatened:
  Powelliphanta lignaria johnstoni Powell, 1946 – Nationally Endangered
  Powelliphanta lignaria lignaria Hutton, 1888 – Nationally Vulnerable
  Powelliphanta lignaria lusca Powell, 1949 – Nationally Vulnerable
  Powelliphanta lignaria oconnori Powell, 1938 – Nationally Vulnerable
  Powelliphanta lignaria rotella Powell, 1938 – Nationally Endangered
  Powelliphanta lignaria ruforadiata Powell, 1949 – Nationally Endangered
  Powelliphanta lignaria unicolorata Powell, 1930 – Nationally Vulnerable
caption: Powelliphanta lignaria johnstoni at Charming Creek, Buller District, New Zealand
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