Species Echotrida tropica Stanisic, 2010
Echotrida tropica, dorsal view. Diameter of shell: 7 mm
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Echotrida tropica, ventral view.
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Species Echotrida tropica Stanisic, 2010
High Peaks Carnivorous Snail
Compiler and date details
October 2012 - Dr John Stanisic
- Echotrida tropica 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, 571] [etymology: referring to the tropical distribution of the species].
Type data:
Holotype QM MO48943, Mt Finnigan, summit, NE QLD [15°48'S, 145°47'E].
Paratype(s) QM MO78875.
Introduction
Echotrida tropica is distinguished from sympatric rhytidids by the combination of small size, relatively narrow umbilicus and cancellate sculpture. It is highly likely that each of the mountain-top populations mentioned may be a separate species.
Distribution
States
Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Summits of the high mountains, Wet Tropics, NE QLD
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
Qld: Wet Tropics (WT)
Distribution References
Ecological Descriptors
Litter-dwelling, montane rainforest, under logs.
Diagnosis
Shell small, pale yellow, subdiscoidal with a low spire; body whorl large and expansive, shell surface covered in strong closely spaced, continuous spiral grooves intersected by fine growth lines giving a cancellate appearance; umbilicus relatively narrow and deep, V-shaped; diameter 7mm.
Diagnosis 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] (High Peaks Carnivorous Snail)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 16-Apr-2012 | ADDED |