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The numbers of this Powelliphanta species are estimated to be fewer than 500, and their existing habitat covers 3 to 4 hectares (7.4 to 9.9 acres). The Wildlife Permit granted allowed Solid Energy to mine 96% of this area. There was also concern over the destruction of Powelliphanta habitat by the mining company OMYA on Mount Burnett, in Golden ...
Walker completed a PhD titled Systematics and phylogeography of the large land snail Powelliphanta at Massey University in 2018. [2] Her research reexamined the status of Powelliphanta in New Zealand, describing 20 distinct species and 59 subspecies. [1] Walker is a science advisor at the Department of Conservation.
Powelliphanta are carnivorous, eating mostly earthworms or slugs. They are nocturnal, and during the day live buried under leaf litter and logs. Powelliphanta uses a rudimentary radula to devour their prey: a tongue-like belt of teeth, which scrapes chunks of flesh into the oesophagus. Far from being swallowed whole, prey are subjected to ...
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Mount Augustus was a mountain on the West Coast of New Zealand.. It was the locality for a type specimen of the Powelliphanta augusta species of carnivorous snails previously known as Powelliphanta "Augustus".
FILE - Augusta University President Brooks Keel shakes hands with Augustus the Jaguar on Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2023. On Thursday, the University System of Georgia announced the search committee to ...
P. Powelliphanta "Anatoki Range" Powelliphanta annectens; Powelliphanta augusta; Powelliphanta "Baton" Powelliphanta "Egmont" Powelliphanta fiordlandica
Augusta University third-year undergraduate students Siri Jangam, Arya Ranchod and Sreya Durvasula were beyond stunned at the amount of damage from Hurricane Helene.