Genus Macrodelos Stanisic, 2010
Carnivorous Snails
Compiler and date details
October 2012 - Dr John Stanisic
- Macrodelos 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. [126, 152, 571] [etymology: from the Greek makros = large and a contraction of Saladelos (a small rhytidid), referring to comparatively large size while alluding to the Saladelos-like appearance].
Type species:
Saldelos commixta bensa Iredale, 1933 by subsequent designation, see 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. [126, 152, 571].
Introduction
Macrodelos is distinguished from other small sympatric rhytidids by the generally larger size and strongly flared body whorl. It differs from Saladelos by the lack of spiral grooves on the upper surface, and in the presences of a smooth protoconch and a V-shaped rather than cup-shaped umbilicus.
Distribution
States
Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
ME QLD to Iron Range, FN QLD
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
Qld: Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Wet Tropics (WT)
Distribution References
Diagnosis
Shell small to medium-sized, subdiscoidal to subglobose, with flat to low domed spire, strongly flared body whorl and weakly impressed sutures; protoconch shiny and smooth, teleoconch sculpture of weak curved radial ribs and very weak to vague, occasionally branched, spiral striae above, shiny below; umbilicus wide, V-shaped. Colour creamy-yellow, sometimes with darker reddish radial streaks.
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History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16-Apr-2012 | ADDED |