Kimberleydiscus fasciatus

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Kimberleydiscus fasciatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
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(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Sigmurethra
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Genus:
Kimberleydiscus

Köhler, 2010 [1]
Species:
K. fasciatus
Binomial name
Kimberleydiscus fasciatus
Köhler, 2010 [1]

Kimberleydiscus fasciatus is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Camaenidae. [1]

Contents

Kimberleydiscus fasciatus is the only species in the genus Kimberleydiscus. [1]

The generic name Kimberleydiscus consist of "Kimberley", that is a region in Western Australia and of the suffix "-discus", that is from the Latin language (originally derived from the Greek word "diskos") and means disc, and it refers to the discoid shape of the shell. [1] The specific name fasciatus is from the Latin language and means "banded". [1]

Distribution

The type locality of Kimberleydiscus fasciatus is the Bigge Island, Bonaparte Archipelago in north-western Kimberley, Western Australia. Because the species is only known from the type locality, it is considered to be endemic to Bigge Island. [1]

Shell description

Characteristic features of Kimberleydiscus fasciatus are the discoidal, low-spired shell with an open umbilicus. There are reddish brown spiral bands on the shell. The diameter of the shell is 18–22 mm. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Köhler F. (2010). "Three new species and two new genera of land snails from the Bonaparte Archipelago in the Kimberley, Western Australia (Pulmonata, Camaenidae)." Molluscan Research 30: 1-16. abstract, PDF.