This yet-unnamed Powelliphanta species, provisionally known as Powelliphanta "Haast", is one of the amber snails which is an undescribed species of large, carnivorous land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Rhytididae. Conservation status Powelliphanta "Haast" is classified as being in Gradual decline by the New Zealand Threat Classification System. References Powell A W B, New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 New Zealand Department of Conservation Threatened Species Classification Department of Conservation Recovery Plans Gastropods of New Zealand Powelliphanta Undescribed gastropod species Endemic fauna of New Zealand Endemic molluscs of New Zealand