Sauroconcha caperteeana

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Sauroconcha caperteeana
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Camaenidae
Genus: Sauroconcha
Species:
S. caperteeana
Binomial name
Sauroconcha caperteeana
Zhang & Shea, 2008

Sauroconcha caperteeana is a species of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Camaenidae. [1] [2] The species was first described in 2008 by Weihong Zhang and Michael Shea. [1] [2]

It is found in the Capertee Valley of New South Wales, in rocky outcrops where it lives, under and among rocks. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Species Sauroconcha caperteeana Zhang & Shea, 2008". Australian Faunal Directory. Australian Government. Retrieved 15 March 2023.
  2. 1 2 Weihong Zhang; Michael Shea (2008). "A new genus and species of land snail of the family Camaenidae from New South Wales". Molluscan Research. 28 (2): 123–132. ISSN   1323-5818. Wikidata   Q91090299.