page_title: Paryphanta busbyi
section_title: Ecology
hierarchical_section_title: Paryphanta busbyi / Ecology
caption_attribution_description: English: Kauri snail Paryphanta busbyi photographed at night at Waipoua Forest 15th April 2018
context_page_description: Paryphanta busbyi is a species of large predatory land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Rhytididae.
context_section_description: These large snails live in litter, among plants on the ground and under logs in kauri forests and in shrubland. In some areas they have been reported to at times frequent underground habitats including burrowing deep into soft soil. They are also found in shrublands with non-native species like Hedychium and in forests with non-native plants including plantations of Pinus radiata.
  Paryphanta busbyi is often observed to be active when the weather is cool and wet. The activity is most strongly correlated with higher humidity and still air which may assist the snails to track their prey. The snails will then retreat into lairs during the day when lairs are available. In dry weather it is inactive.
  Paryphanta busbyi is carnivorous and predatory, feeding on earthworms, insects, insect larvae, snails of the genus Rhytida and on its own species (cannibalism).
  This snail sometimes lives in trees, very likely in clusters of semiparasitic plants, where it may find its natural food, earthworms.
caption: Alive snail active at night.
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