Species Echotrida globosa Stanisic, 2010
Echotrida globosa, dorsal view. Diameter of shell: 7 mm
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Echotrida globosa, ventral view.
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Species Echotrida globosa Stanisic, 2010
Bobby Range Carnivorous Snail
Compiler and date details
October 2012 - Dr John Stanisic
- Echotrida globosa Stanisic, J. in Stanisic, J., Shea, M., Potter, D. & Griffiths, O. 2010. Australian Land Snails. A field guide to eastern Australian species. Mauritius : Bioculture Press Vol. 1 595 pp. [148, 570] [etymology: referring to the strongly globose shape of the shell].
Type data:
Holotype QM MO42955, c.4km below summit Mt Fort William, Kalpowar State Forest, SE QLD [24°41'S, 151°21'E].
Paratype(s) QM MO12135; QM MO43274; QM MO78873; AM SC136502.
Introduction
Echotrida globosa differs from E. strangeoides in its smaller size, more globose shape and in having more numerous and finer spiral grooves.
Distribution
States
Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Bobby Range to the Dawes Range, SE QLD
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
Qld: South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)
Ecological Descriptors
Under litter, under logs, vine thicket.
Diagnosis
Shell small, yellow, subglobose with a domed spire, last whorl rapidly descending; protoconch with incised spiral grooves on the latter part, teleoconch sculpture of prominent, closely spaced, continuous spiral striae on upper and lower surfaces of shell; umbilicus wide and deep, V-shaped; diameter 7mm.
Diagnosis References
General References
Common Name References
Stanisic, J., Shea, M., Potter, D. & Griffiths, O. 2010. Australian Land Snails. A field guide to eastern Australian species. Mauritius : Bioculture Press Vol. 1 595 pp. [148] (Bobby Range Carnivorous Snail)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 16-Apr-2012 | ADDED |