Victaphanta atramentaria

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Victaphanta atramentaria
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Superorder: Eupulmonata
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Rhytididae
Genus: Victaphanta
Species:
V. atramentaria
Binomial name
Victaphanta atramentaria
(Shuttleworth, 1852)
Synonyms
  • Nanina atramentariaShuttleworth, 1852

Victaphanta atramentaria, common name the Gippsland black snail, is a species of carnivorous air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Rhytididae. [1]

Distribution

This species is endemic to Australia and occurs in Victoria.

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