Meridolum marshalli
| Meridolum marshalli | |
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| An individual of Meridolum marshalli on a stone at the edge of Camp Gully Creek, which flows into the Hacking River in Royal National Park, south of Sydney, Australia | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata clade Eupulmonata clade Stylommatophora informal group Sigmurethra |
| Superfamily: | Helicoidea |
| Family: | Camaenidae |
| Genus: | Meridolum |
| Species: | M. marshalli |
| Binomial name | |
| Meridolum marshalli McLauchlan, 1951 | |
Meridolum marshalli is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Camaenidae. This species is endemic to Australia.
The underside of the same individual, with the soft parts mostly retracted
Distribution and ecology
This species of land snail is restricted to the Royal National Park in New South Wales. The snail's main habitat is wet areas near the Hacking River.[2] This snail eats soft green vegetation, rotting berries and humus.[3]
Distribution map of Meridolum marshalli
References
- ↑ Smith B. (1996). Meridolum marshalli. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.
- ↑ NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service Sydney (February 2000). "ROYAL NATIONAL PARK, HEATHCOTE NATIONAL PARK AND GARAWARRA STATE RECREATION AREA PLAN OF MANAGEMENT" (PDF). State Government of New South Wales. Retrieved 20 August 2011.
- ↑ Barker, G.M. (2004). Natural enemies of terrestrial molluscs. CABI. p. 364. ISBN 0-85199-319-2.
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