Powelliphanta traversi, known as Travers' land snail, is a species of large, carnivorous land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Rhytididae. This species is endemic to the North Island of New Zealand between Wellington and Lake Waikaremoana.
There are six subspecies,Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd., Auckland, New Zealand 1979 all of which are listed by the New Zealand Department of Conservation as threatened: Powelliphanta traversi florida Powell, 1946 – Nationally Endangered Powelliphanta traversi latizona Powell, 1949 – Nationally Endangered Powelliphanta traversi koputaroa Powell, 1946 – Nationally Endangered Powelliphanta traversi otakia Powell, 1946 – Nationally Critical Powelliphanta traversi tararuaensis Powell, 1938 – Nationally Endangered Powelliphanta traversi traversi Powell, 1930 – Nationally Endangered
The eggs are oval and seldom constant in dimensions 10 × 8.75 mm, 9.5 × 8.5 mm, 10 × 8 mm, 11 × 9 mm, 10.75 × 9 mm.O'Connor A. C. (June) 1945. Notes on the Eggs of New Zealand Paryphantidae, With Description of a New Subgenus. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand, volume 5, 1945-46, pages 54-57.
Description Powelliphanta traversi are smaller than other species of the same genus.
See also List of non-marine molluscs of New Zealand
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