Biology:Sphaerospira rockhamptonensis

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Short description: Species of gastropod


Sphaerospira rockhamptonensis
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S. rockhamptonensis
Binomial name
Sphaerospira rockhamptonensis
(Cox, 1873)
Synonyms
  • Helix moresbyi Angas, 1876
  • Helix planibasis Brazier, 1881
  • Helix rockhamptonensis Cox, 1873
  • Varohadra rockhamptonensis decreta Iredale, 1937

Sphaerospira rockhamptonensis, common name the Rockhampton banded snail, is a species of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Camaenidae. [2]

This species is endemic to Australia .

References

  • Cox, J.C. 1873, "Descriptions of new land-shells from Australia and the Solomon Islands", Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, vol. 1873, pp. 146-152
  • Angas, G.F. 1876, "Descriptions of four new species of Helix, with some notes on Helix angasiana of Pfeiffer", Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, vol. 1876, pp. 265-268
  • Brazier, J. 1881, "Notes on shells from the Solomon Islands and Australia", Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, vol. 5, pp. 444-447
  • Iredale, T. 1937, "A basic list of the land Mollusca of Australia. Pt II", The Australian Zoologist, vol. 9, pp. 1-39
  • Smith, B.J. 1992, "Non-Marine Mollusca", Ed. Houston, W.W.K. (ed.), Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Non-marine Mollusca, vol. 8, Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q1165517 entry