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Powelliphanta superba mouatae
Conservation status
	Endangered
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Pulmonata
Family:	Rhytididae
Genus:	Powelliphanta
Species:	P. superba
Subspecies:	P. superba mouatae
Trinomial name
	Powelliphanta superba mouatae; Powell, 1936

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Powelliphanta superba mouatae, known as one of the amber snails, is a subspecies of large, carnivorous land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Rhytididae.

This subspecies is endemic to the north west of the South Island of New Zealand around the West Nelson area.

Powelliphanta superba mouatae is a large land snail, smaller and more compactly coiled than Powelliphanta superba superba.

Coloration is dark cinnamon-brown, with irregular axial streaks in darker brown. The parietal callus is dark brown and smooth.

The shell diameter is up to 61 mm, and height up to 36 mm.

Powelliphanta superba mouatae is classified by the New Zealand Department of Conservation as being Nationally Endangered.

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

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 ==Shell description==
-''Powelliphanta superba mouatae'' is a large land snail, a smaller, more compactly coiled form of  ''[[Powelliphanta superba superba]]'' with a much darker, cinnamon-brown colour, and irregularly axially streaked in darker brown.  The [[parietal callus]] is dark brown and smooth.
+''Powelliphanta superba mouatae'' is a large land snail, smaller more compactly coiled  ''[[Powelliphanta superba superba]]''
+   cinnamon-brown,     in darker brown.  The [[parietal callus]] is dark brown and smooth.
 The shell diameter is up to 61 mm, and height up to 36 mm.