Species Macrodelos bensa (Iredale, 1933)
Macrodelos bensa, dorsal view. Diameter of shell: to 10 mm
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Macrodelos bensa, ventral view.
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Species Macrodelos bensa (Iredale, 1933)
Whitsundays Carnivorous Snail
Compiler and date details
October 2012 - Dr John Stanisic
- Saladelos commixta bensa Iredale, T. 1933. Systematic notes on Australian land shells. Records of the Australian Museum 19: 37-59 [48].
Type data:
Syntype(s) AM C87299 5 specimens, Ben Lomond, Port Denison, QLD.
Generic Combinations
- Macrodelos bensa (Iredale, 1933). —
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] - Saladelos bensa Iredale, 1933. —
Iredale, T. 1938. A basic list of the land Mollusca of Australia. Pt III. The Australian Zoologist 9: 83-124 [Date published 30 Nov. 1938] [117]
Introduction
Macrodelos bensa is the largest of the small rhytidids in ME Queensland. Animals are brown-grey in colour, visceral organs dark red-brown speckled with black and yellow.
Distribution
States
Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
ME QLD
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
Qld: Central Mackay Coast (CMC)
Distribution References
Ecological Descriptors
Rainforest, under litter, under logs, vine thicket.
Diagnosis
Shell small to medium, yellow to orange, glossy, subdiscoidal with flat to low domed spire; protoconch shiny, smooth, teleoconch sculpture of weak radials and branched spirals above, weak spirals below; umbilicus wide, V-shaped; diameter to 10mm.
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. [152] (Whitsundays Carnivorous Snail)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16-Apr-2012 | ADDED |