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Kauri snail

Paryphanta busbyi

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Field Notes

Description:

Huge snail, that can grow a shell of 79mm.

Habitat:

Live in moist areas of forests or native scrub, in fertile soil with earth worms.

Notes:

Threatened or endangered.

Reference Links:

Kauri snail/pupurangi: Invertebrates

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