Meridolum middenense
| Meridolum middenense | |
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| An empty shell at Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park, Australia | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata clade Eupulmonata clade Stylommatophora informal group Sigmurethra |
| Superfamily: | Helicoidea |
| Family: | Camaenidae |
| Genus: | Meridolum |
| Species: | M. middenense |
| Binomial name | |
| Meridolum middenense McLauchlan, 1954[1] | |
Meridolum middenense is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Camaenidae. This species is endemic to Australia.[2]
Distribution of Meridolum middenense
An empty shell of Meridolum middenense, in a She-oak forest above Resolute Beach, Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park, Australia
Ecology
This species lives in open forests in the leaf litter.[3]
References
- ↑ McLauchlan C. F. (1954). "Three new land shells from New South Wales". Australian Zoologist 12: 39.
- ↑ "Meridolum middenense". Discoverlife.org.
- ↑ "Species Meridolum middenense McLauchlan, 1954". Australian Faunal Directory, accessed 24 March 2011.
External links
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