Paryphanta lignaria Hutton, 1888 Powelliphanta lignaria, known as one of the amber snails, is a species of large, carnivorous land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Rhytididae.

The eggs of P. lignaria are oval and seldom constant in dimensions 10 × 8.25, 9 × 7.75, 9 × 8, 8.75 × 7.75 mm.

[2] P. lignaria is endemic to the west coast of the South Island of New Zealand.

There are seven subspecies,[3] all of which are listed by the New Zealand Department of Conservation as threatened:[4]

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