The yet-unnamed Powelliphanta species of amber snails is provisionally known as Powelliphanta "Urewera". It is an undescribed species of large, carnivorous land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Rhytididae.
Conservation status Powelliphanta "Urewera" is classified in the New Zealand Threat Classification System as being in Serious Decline.
References
Powell A W B, New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 Department of Conservation Recovery Plans New Zealand Department of Conservation Threatened Species Classification