Nitor medioximus

Nitor medioximus
Nitor medioximus, a rainforest snail, near Dungog, in Australia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata clade Eupulmonata clade Stylommatophora clade Sigmurethra clade limacoid clade
Superfamily:	Helicarionoidea
Family:	Helicarionidae
Subfamily:	Helicarioninae
Genus:	Nitor
Species:	N. medioximus
Binomial name
Nitor medioximus Iredale, 1941[1]

Nitor medioximus is a species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Helicarionidae. This species is endemic to Australia. It grows to about 12 mm in diameter.^[2]

Distribution map of Nitor medioximus

References

1. Iredale T. (1941). "Guide to the land shells of New South Wales. Pt III". Australian Naturalist 11: 1-8.
2. Australian Land Snails Volume 1, A field guide to eastern Australian species’ J.Stanisic, M.Shea, D. Potter & O. Griffiths. Bioculture Press, Mauritius, 2010

Further reading

• http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/abrs/online-resources/fauna/afd/taxa/e383af24-6220-4f0a-94a6-a37a5db5db8a
• PDF of Malacologia article on forest snail faunas of NE New South Wales and SE Queensland, mentioning this species
• Government biodiversity summary for New South Wales, Northern Rivers region lists this species