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Powelliphanta

Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Spiralia
Cladus: Lophotrochozoa
Phylum: Mollusca
Classis: Gastropodae
Subclassis: Orthogastropoda
Superordo: Heterobranchia
Ordo: Pulmonata
Subordo: Eupulmonata
Clade: Stylommatophora
Cladus: Orthurethra
Informal group: Sigmurethra
Superfamilia: Rhytidoidea
Familia: Rhytididae
Genus: Powelliphanta
Species: P. annectens - P. augusta - P. fiordlandica - P. fletcheri - P. gagei - P. gilliesi - P. hochstetteri - P. lignaria - P. marchanti - P. patrickensis - P. spedeni - P. superba - P. traversi

Name

Powelliphanta O'Connor, 1945 [as subgenus of Paryphanta]

Type species: Helix hochstetteri Pfeiffer, 1862, by original designation.

Reference

* Climo, F.M. 1978: The Powelliphanta gilliesi-traversi-hochstetteri-rossiana-lignaria-superba ring species (Mollusca: Pulmonata). New Zealand journal of zoology, 5: 289–294. [1]
* O'Connor, A.C. 1945: Notes on the eggs of New Zealand Paryphantidae, with description of a new subgenus. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 75: 54-56, plates 5-6. [2]

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