Posorites turneri

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Posorites turneri
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clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Sigmurethra
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P. turneri
Binomial name
Posorites turneri
Shirley, 1921

Posorites turneri is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Camaenidae. This species is endemic to Australia.

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References

  1. Stanisic, J. (1996). "Posorites turneri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 1996: e.T18089A7654034. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T18089A7654034.en . Retrieved 16 November 2021.