Meridolum marshalli

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Meridolum marshalli
Snail Camp Gully Creek.jpg
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 OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
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 Snail Camp Gully Creek upturned.jpg
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 Meridolum marshalli map.png
Distribution map of Meridolum marshalli

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References

  1. Smith, B. (1996). "Meridolum marshalli". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 1996: e.T13157A3414307. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T13157A3414307.en . Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  2. 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.
  3. Barker, G.M. (2004). Natural enemies of terrestrial molluscs. CABI. p. 364. ISBN   0-85199-319-2.