Sauroconcha sheai

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Sauroconcha sheai
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Camaenidae
Genus: Sauroconcha
Species:
S. sheai
Binomial name
Sauroconcha sheai
(S. A. Clark, 2009)

Sauroconcha sheai (common name - Woronora woodland snail) [1] is a species of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Camaenidae. [2] [3] The species was first described in 2009 by Stephanie Clark as Meridolum sheai. [2] [3]

It is found in New South Wales, from the Woronora plateau to Auburn, NSW in forests and woodlands under logs and rocks. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Species Meridolum sheai Clark, 2009". Australian Faunal Directory. Australian Government. Retrieved 16 March 2023.
  2. 1 2 "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Sauroconcha sheai (S. A. Clark, 2009)". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 16 March 2023.
  3. 1 2 Stephanie A. Clark (2009). "A review of the land snail genus Meridolum (Gastropoda: Camaenidae) from central New South Wales, Australia" (PDF). Molluscan Research . 29 (2): 61–120. ISSN   1323-5818. Wikidata   Q91090324.