Amber snails
A species of Carnivorous land snails Scientific name : Powelliphanta hochstetteri Genus : Carnivorous land snails
Amber snails, A species of Carnivorous land snails
Botanical name: Powelliphanta hochstetteri
Genus: Carnivorous land snails
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Description
Powelliphanta hochstetteri was originally described under the name Helix hochstetteri by German malacologist Ludwig Karl Georg Pfeiffer in 1862. He described it according to the shell only, which geologist German Ferdinand von Hochstetter had brought from the New Zealand. The specific name hochstetteri is in honor of Ferdinand von Hochstetter.
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Scientific Classification
Phylum
Molluscs Class
Snails and slugs Family
Rhytididae Genus
Carnivorous land snails Species
Amber snails 
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