Bentosites macleayi

Summary

Bentosites macleayi is a species of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Camaenidae. [1]

Bentosites macleayi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Camaenidae
Genus: Bentosites
Species:
B. macleayi
Binomial name
Bentosites macleayi
(Cox, 1865)
Synonyms
  • Bentosites macleayi wardiana Iredale, 1933 (junior synonym)
  • Helix macleayi Cox, 1865 (original combination)
  • Sphaerospira macleayi (Cox, 1865)

This species is endemic to Australia.

References edit

  1. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Bentosites macleayi (Cox, 1865). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1149721 on 2021-02-09
  • Stanisic, J. 1996. Sphaerospira macleayi.

External links edit

  • Cox, J. C. (1865). Descriptions of two new species of Australian land shells. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1864: 486
  • Iredale, T. (1933). Systematic notes on Australian land shells. Records of the Australian Museum. 19(1): 37-59
  • ABRS. (2009). Australian Faunal Directory (AFD). Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra
  • 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.