Forrestena

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Mount Lewis keeled snail
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Camaenidae
Genus: Forrestena
J. Stanisic, 2010
Species:
F. delicata
Binomial name
Forrestena delicata
(Hedley, 1912)
Synonyms

(Species)

  • Jacksonena delicata(Hedley, 1912)
  • Planispira delicataHedley, 1912

Forrestena is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Camaenidae. It is monotypic, being represented by the single species Forrestena delicata, commonly known as the Mount Lewis keeled snail. The species is endemic to Australia.

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