Victaphanta atramentaria

Victaphanta atramentaria
Conservation status
Near Threatened  (IUCN 2.3) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
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. ^[2]

Distribution

This species is endemic to Australia and occurs in Victoria.

References

1. Mollusc Specialist Group (1996). "Victaphanta atramentaria". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 1996 e.T22950A9402237. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T22950A9402237.en . Retrieved 16 November 2021.
2. The Australian Faunal Directory: Victaphanta atramentaria

• Shuttleworth, R.J. 1852. Diagnosen neuer Mollusken. Mitteilungen der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Bern 1852: 193-208
• Iredale, T. 1933. Systematic notes on Australian land shells. Records of the Australian Museum 19: 37-59
• Smith, B.J. 1970. Notes on the anatomy of Victaphanta atramentaria Shuttleworth and V. compacta Cox & Hedley, and the designation of a neotype for V. atramentaria. Journal of the Malacological Society of Australia 2: 13-21
• Laws, H.M. 1971. The chromosomes of some Australasian Paryphantidae. Malacologia 11: 217-224
• Smith, B.J. 1992. Non-Marine Mollusca. In, Houston, W.W.K. (ed.). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Non-marine Mollusca. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service Vol. 8 xii 408 pp