Paryphanta watti
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| Paryphanta watti Powell, 1946 |
Paryphanta watti is a rare terrestrial mollusc in the family Rhytididae, endemic to the Cape Maria van Diemen and North Cape area of the North Island of New Zealand.
This species is similar to Paryphanta busbyi, having become isolated and separated from it when Paryphanta watti's present range was an island. The area is now connected to the mainland by an extensive, largely sandy isthmus. Paryphanta watti has a slightly smaller, more depressed, shell, and is tawny-olive to warm black, never greenish.
Major diameter is up to 62 mm, and height up to 23 mm. Egg dimensions are length 14 mm, and width 11 mm.
Paryphanta busbyi is classified by the New Zealand Department of Conservation as being in Gradual Decline.
[edit] References
- Powell A W B, New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
- New Zealand Department of Conservation Threatened Species Classification
