Species Levidens ponderi Hyman, 2007
Coarse-grooved Glass-snail
- Levidens ponderi Hyman, I.T. 2007. Three new genera and five new species of Helicarionidae from southeastern Australia (Pulmonata: Stylommatophora: Helicarionoidea). Molluscan Research 27(2): 89-104 [101-102].
Type data:
Holotype AMSA 446472, NE Tamworth, Oxley Park, Kamilaroi Wlaking Track, 250 m E of Oxley Lookout, NSW, under loose rocks beside track in dry woodland, iv.1992, M. Shea.Type locality references:
Hyman, I.T. 2007. Three new genera and five new species of Helicarionidae from southeastern Australia (Pulmonata: Stylommatophora: Helicarionoidea). Molluscan Research 27(2): 89-104 [101-102].
Distribution
States
New South Wales
Extra Distribution Information
ME NSW to NE NSW
IBRA
NSW: New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)
Distribution References
Ecological Descriptors
Among rocks, dry vine thickets, saxicoline, under logs, woodland.
Diagnosis
Shell small, silky light brown fading to white around umbilicus, discoidal to depressedly trochoidal with slightly raised stepped spire; whorls 5.1, tightly coiled, with angulate to rounded periphery, sutures impressed; protoconch with coarse incised spiral grooves, teleoconch initially with coarse spiral grooves grading to very fine, crowded, microscopic incised spiral lines; umbilicus narrow with internal spiral cords; diameter 8.5mm. Anatomy as for genus.
Diagnosis References
Hyman, I.T. 2007. Three new genera and five new species of Helicarionidae from southeastern Australia (Pulmonata: Stylommatophora: Helicarionoidea). Molluscan Research 27(2): 89-104 [101-102]
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05-Feb-2014 | HELICARIONIDAE | 03-Apr-2012 | MODIFIED | Dr John Stanisic (BAAM) |
| 26-Jul-2010 | MODIFIED |