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Mount Augustus (New Zealand)

Mount Augustus (New Zealand)

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Mount Augustus was a mountain on the West Coast of New Zealand.

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It was the locality for a type specimen of the Powelliphanta augusta species of carnivorous snails previously known as Powelliphanta "Augustus". The mountain, part of the Stockton mine, was removed to recover the underlying coal.[1]

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    Trewick, Steven; Walker, Kath J.; Jordan, Corina J. (20 January 2008). "Taxonomic and conservation status of a newly discovered giant landsnail from Mount Augustus, New Zealand". Conservation Genetics. 9 (6): 1563. doi:10.1007/s10592-007-9495-8.


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