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Kōrero: Snails and slugs

Powelliphanta life cycle

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Watch a video showing two parts of the life cycle of giant Powelliphanta snails. They lay hard-shelled eggs that take several months to hatch. Powelliphanta are carnivorous, and actively hunt and eat worms.

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Paddy Ryan, Snails and slugs – Flax snails, giant snails and veined slugs, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/video/12860/powelliphanta-life-cycle (accessed 24 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Paddy Ryan, i tāngia i te 1 March 2009.