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<i>Amimopina macleayi</i>. Height of shell: 20 mm

Amimopina macleayi. Height of shell: 20 mm

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Species Amimopina macleayi (Brazier, 1876)

Macleay's Treesnail


Compiler and date details

March 2010 - Dr John Stanisic

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

 

Generic Combinations

  • Amimopina macleayi (Brazier, 1876).

 

Introduction

Australia's only endemic cerastid; it has a largely coastal distribution from mideastern Queensland, across the Top End and into the Kimberley, Western Australia. Animlas are often found sealed to tree branches during the northern dry season. Amimopina macleayi differs from Rhachistia histrio in the overall brown colour of its shell.

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia


Extra Distribution Information

From mideastern QLD to Cape York, QLD, and across to NT and northern WA


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IBRA

NT, Qld, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Dampierland (DL), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Northern Kimberley (NK), Pine Creek (PCK), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Arboreal, tree dweller, vine thicket.

Extra Ecological Information

Living on leaves, branches and trunks of trees

 

Diagnosis

Shell medium to large, brown with a slight tinge of pink, globosely conical, thin and translucent; smooth to slightly malleated surface with very fine spirals on base of whorls, apex weakly granular; lip simple, top of columella broad and triangular; narrowly umbilicate; height to 20 mm.

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
04-Apr-2012 07-Apr-2015 MODIFIED
12-Feb-2010 (import)