title: Powelliphanta hochstetteri consobrina
text: # Powelliphanta hochstetteri consobrina
  
  Powelliphanta hochstetteri consobrina, known as one of the amber snails, is a subspecies of large, carnivorous land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Rhytididae.
  
  ## Distribution
  
  * New Zealand
  
  ## Life cycle
  
  Shape of the eggs is oval and seldom constant in dimensions 9 × 7.75, 8.25 × 6.75 mm (red variety).
  
  ## Conservation status
  
  Powelliphanta hochstetteri consobrina is classified by the New Zealand Department of Conservation as being in Gradual Decline.
  
  