| Placostylus ambagiosus | |
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| A shell of the subspecies Placostylus ambagiosus priscus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Bothriembryontidae |
| Genus: | Placostylus |
| Species: | P. ambagiosus
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| Binomial name | |
| Placostylus ambagiosus | |
Placostylus ambagiosus is a species of flax snail (Māori: pūpū whakarongotaua[4]), a large air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Bothriembryontidae.
- ^ Sherley, G. (1996). "Placostylus ambagiosus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T17444A7072200. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T17444A7072200.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ^ Suter H. (1906). J. de Conch. 54: 253, plate 8, figure 1-3.
- ^ "Object: Placostylus ambagiosus Suter, 1907; lectotype; lectotype of Placostylus hongii ambagiosus Suter, 1907". Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. Retrieved February 5, 2010.
- ^ E. Daly, Elizabeth; A. Trewick, Steven; J. Dowle, Eddy; S. Crampton, James; Morgan-Richards, Mary (2020). "Conservation of pūpū whakarongotaua - the snail that listens for the war party". Ethnobiology and Conservation. 9. doi:10.15451/ec2020-05-9.13-1-27.