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Paryphanta
Apical view of a shellofParyphanta busbyi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Rhytididae
Subfamily: Rhytidinae
Genus: Paryphanta
Albers, 1850
Species

See text.

Paryphanta is a genusofland snails in the family Rhytididae. Species from New Zealand are known commonly as kauri snails (Māori: pūpūrangi).[1] They are closely related and similar to snails in the genus Powelliphanta, which was formerly included within Paryphanta.

There are just two species of Paryphanta:[2] Paryphanta busbyi and Paryphanta watti, which occur from North Cape to West Auckland.[3]

P. watti occurs only at the extreme northern end of this range near Kaeo. This form is of much darker coloration and often smaller, although does reach the same size as P. busbyi if allowed to reach old age. Classification of some land snails can be complicated by variations in shell induced by environmental changes.[4]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Ryan, Paddy (24 September 2007). "Snails and slugs - Flax snails, giant snails and veined slugs". Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Retrieved 19 November 2018.
  • ^ Gastropoda. Spencer Marshall and Willan.
  • ^ Kauri Snails. Department of Conservation (New Zealand).
  • ^ Proćków, Małgorzata; Kuźnik-Kowalska, Elżbieta; Żeromska, Aleksandra; Mackiewicz, Paweł (19 July 2022). "Temporal variation in climatic factors influences phenotypic diversity of Trochulus land snails". Scientific Reports. 12 (1): 12357. doi:10.1038/s41598-022-16638-w. PMC 9296580.
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