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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 ...
"A new species of Powelliphanta (Mollusca: Pulmonata: Rhytididae) land snail from the Stockton Plateau, New Zealand". Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 38 (3): 163–186. doi: 10.1080/03014220809510553. Powell, A. W. B. (1930). "The Paryphantidae of New Zealand: their Hypothetical Ancestry, with descriptions of New Species and a New ...
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".
An Augusta University political science professor said national politicians are justified in their concerns over TikTok and he understands the federal government's recent steps in banning the ...
Augusta University third-year undergraduate students Siri Jangam, Arya Ranchod and Sreya Durvasula were beyond stunned at the amount of damage from Hurricane Helene.
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