Bentosites macleayi

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Bentosites macleayi
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Camaenidae
Genus: Bentosites
Species:
B. macleayi
Binomial name
Bentosites macleayi
(Cox, 1865)
Synonyms
  • Bentosites macleayi wardianaIredale, 1933 (junior synonym)
  • Helix macleayiCox, 1865 (original combination)
  • Sphaerospira macleayi(Cox, 1865)

Bentosites macleayi is a species of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Camaenidae. [1]

This species is endemic to Australia.

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References

  1. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Bentosites macleayi (Cox, 1865). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1149721 on 2021-02-09