Kimberleymelon tealei

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Kimberleymelon tealei
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Phylum:
Class:
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Sigmurethra
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Genus:
Kimberleymelon

Köhler, 2010 [1]
Species:
K. tealei
Binomial name
Kimberleymelon tealei
Köhler, 2010 [1]

Kimberleymelon tealei is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Camaenidae. [1] Kimberleymelon tealei is the only species in the genus Kimberleymelon. [1]

Contents

The generic name Kimberleymelon consists of "Kimberley" which is a region in Western Australia, and the suffix "-melon" which is from the Greek language meaning melon, the fleshy fruit of the family Cucurbitaceae, a reference to the globular shape of the shell. [1] The specific name "tealei" is in honor of Roy Teale, the malacologist who collected the holotype of this species. [1]

Distribution

The type locality of Kimberleymelon tealei is Middle Osborn Island, Bonaparte Archipelago in north-western Kimberley, Western Australia. [1] This species is endemic to Middle Osborn Island. [1]

Shell description

The shell is of trochiform shape, high-spired and has a closed umbilicus. The shell dimensions are 20–28 mm in diameter and 18–26 mm in height. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 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.