Placostylus (Maoristylus) whareana Powell, 1951 Figs 8C, 8iii

Placostylus (Maoristylus) ambagiosus whareana Powell 1951: 135, pl. 28 fig. 2.

Type locality.

"Whareana, east coast between Waikuku Beach and Parengarenga".

Label.

"Whareana Valley, S. of North Cape".

Dimensions.

"Height 79.5 mm. Diameter 35.0 mm."; figured specimen H 65.9, D 30.7, W 7.0.

Type material.

RBINS/MT376, one paratype, ex L. Germain.

Remarks.

The label reads “paratypes”, but only one specimen was found.

Current systematic position.

Bothriembryontidae, Placostylus ambagiosus (Suter, 1906).