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Tasmaphena lamproides

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Keeled snail
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clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora

informal group Sigmurethra
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T. lamproides
Binomial name
Tasmaphena lamproides
(Cox, 1868)

Tasmaphena lamproides is a species of land snail in the family Rhytididae. It occurs in north-western Tasmania and probably far southern Victoria.[2] It is known by the common name keeled snail.[1]

There are many small subpopulations, and the total population in Tasmania is probably a few hundred thousand snails. The snail generally lives in wet forest habitat. Some subpopulations are threatened by logging and clearing of forests for development and agriculture.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Bonham, K. (2006). "Tasmaphena lamproides". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2006: e.T21506A9293218. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2006.RLTS.T21506A9293218.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  2. ^ Bonham, K and Taylor R. J. (1997) Distribution and habitat of the land snail Tasmaphena lamproides (Pulmonata: Rhytididae) in Tasmania. Molluscan Research 18: 1-10