Gnarosophia bellendenkerensis
Appearance
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Shells of the Gnarosophia bellendenkerensis | |
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(unranked): | clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata clade Eupulmonata clade Stylommatophora informal group Sigmurethra |
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Species: | G. bellendenkerensis
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Gnarosophia bellendenkerensis | |
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Gnarosophia bellendenkerensis is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Camaenidae.
Distribution
[edit]This species lives in rainforests in North Queensland, Australia.[7]
The type locality is Bellenden Ker Mountains, Queensland.[1][8]
Description
[edit]The height of the shell is 33.08 mm. The width of the shell is 40.19 mm.[7]
Ecology
[edit]These snails live in leaf litter or under logs in the mesothermal rainforest.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Brazier, J. (1 June 1875). "Descriptions of ten new species of shells from the collection of Mr C. Coxen, of Brisbane, Queensland". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1875: 31–34.
- ^ Brazier, J. (1878). "Descriptions of seven new species of terrestrial and marine shells from Australia". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 3: 77–81. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.22217.
- ^ Odhner, N. H. (19 September 1917). "Results of Dr E. Mjöbergs Swedish scientific expeditions to Australia. 1910–1913". Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps Academiens Nya Handlingar, Stockholm 52(16): 1–115. pls. 1–3.
- ^ Iredale, T. (12 November 1937). "A basic list of the land Mollusca of Australia. Pt II". Australian Zoologist 9: 1–39.
- ^ Clench, W.J.; Archer, A. F. (1938). "Some new Australian Thersites". Journal of Conchology. 21: 20–24.
- ^ http://www.nlbif.nl/species_details.php?name=Gnarosophia+bellendenkerensis Archived 2011-07-18 at the Wayback Machine accessed 22 October 2009
- ^ a b c Hugall A., Moritz C., Moussalli A. & Stanisic J. (2002) "Reconciling paleodistribution models and comparative phylogeography in the Wet Tropics rainforest land snail Gnarosophia bellendenkerensis (Brazier 1875)" Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 99(9): 6112-7. ISSN 0027-8424 doi:10.1073/pnas.092538699
- ^ Species Gnarosophia bellendenkerensis (Brazier, 1875). Australian Faunal Directory, accessed 16 December 2009.
Further reading
[edit]- Stanisic, J. (2000). "Taxonomy of the Australian rainforest snail, Helix bellendenkerensis Brazier, 1875 (Mollusca: Eupulmonata: Camaenidae)". Memoirs of the Queensland Museum. 46 (1): 337–348.