title: Powelliphanta hochstetteri obscura
text: # Powelliphanta hochstetteri obscura
  
  Powelliphanta hochstetteri obscura, 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 10 × 8, 11 × 9, 10 × 8, 9.25 × 7.75, 10 × 8.5, 9.75 × 8.25, 9.5 × 7.75 mm.
  
  ## Conservation status
  
  Powelliphanta hochstetteri obscura is classified by the New Zealand Department of Conservation as being in Gradual Decline.
  
  