Kauri snail
- Description
- Terrestrial carnivorous snail from the collection of Miss JE Linter. 1 of 2 specimens in glass-topped box, 4” X 4”, printed and handwritten ink data label loose in mouth, formerly set in card tray with typed display label: ‘Paryphanta Busbyi Gray New Zealand‘ ‘Exchange from C. E. BEDDOME’S Collection, HOBART, TASMANIA‘ ‘PARYPHANTA BUSBYI, Gray. New Zealand. Linter Collection’.
- Accession Loan No.
- 1720/1909/D15/73/1
- Collection Class
- Molluscs
- Common Name
- kauri snail
- Simple Name
- mollusc: shell
- Full Name
- rhytididae: Paryphanta busbyi (Gray)
- Dimensions
- shell height mm; shell W mm
- Period Classification
- Victorian (1837-1901); Edwardian (1901-1914)
- Family Group
- Collector / Excavator
- Linter, Miss Juliana Emma (from the collection of): Beddome, Colonel Charles Edward (from the collection of)
- Collection Country
- New Zealand
- Collection Area Region
- Australia and New Zealand
- Collection Continent
- Oceania
- Phylum
- MOLLUSCA
- Family
- rhytididae
- Genus
- Paryphanta
- Species
- busbyi
