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 Nationally Vulnerable. 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 Gastropods of New Zealand Powelliphanta Undescribed gastropod species Endemic fauna of New Zealand Endemic molluscs of New Zealand