• Laevidelos 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. [150, 571] [etymology: from the Latin laevis = smooth, and a contraction of Saladelos (a small rhytidid), referring to the combination of relatively smooth shell and small size].

  Type species:

   Laevidelos moria Stanisic, 2010 by original designation.

Introduction

Laevidelos is distinguished by the small-sized, shiny, almost smooth shell with a very wide cup-shaped umbilicus. It differs from Pseudechotrida by being more evenly coiled without a noticeably flared body whorl and in having much reduced sculpture.

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Rockhampton area, SE Qld to Bowen, ME QLD

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN)

Distribution References

Diagnosis

Shell small, subdiscoidal, with flat to low domed spire; protoconch shiny, with weak radial growth ridges, teleoconch sculpture of weak curved radial ribs and very weak spiral striae above, weak discontinuous spiral striae below; umbilicus extremely wide, cup-shaped. Colour creamy-yellow.

Diagnosis 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. [150]

General 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. [150]

History of changes

• Laevidelos clermont 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. [150, 571] [etymology: for the town of Clermont].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM MO78020, Peak Range, via Clermont, SE slopes Lords Table Mtn, ME QLD [22°40'15"S, 148°00'55"].
  Paratype(s) QM MO78879.

  Type locality 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. [571].

Introduction

Laevidelos clermont differs from L. moria by having a larger shell with larger whorls and wider umbilicus.

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Lord Table Mountain, Peak Range, via Clermont, ME QLD

Known only from type locality.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Litter-dwelling, under rocks, vine thicket.

Diagnosis

Shell small, creamy-yellow, subdiscoidal, with flat to low domed spire; protoconch shiny, with weak radial growth ridges, teleoconch with weak curved radial ribs and very weak spiral striae above, weak discontinuous spiral striae below, umbilicus extremely wide, cup-shaped; diameter 7.0mm.

Diagnosis 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. [150]

General 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. [150]

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. [150] (Clermont Carnivorous Snail)

History of changes