Species Macrodelos bishopi Stanisic, 2010
Macrodelos bishopi, dorsal view. Diameter of shell: 11.5 mm
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Macrodelos bishopi, ventral view.
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Species Macrodelos bishopi Stanisic, 2010
Iron Range Carnivorous Snail
Compiler and date details
October 2012 - Dr John Stanisic
- Macrodelos bishopi 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. [152, 571] [etymology: for former Queensland Museum malacologist Martin Bishop].
Type data:
Holotype QM MO51003, Gordon Creek, Iron Range, FN QLD [12°43'S, 143°17'E].
Paratype(s) QM MO78864.
Introduction
Macrodelos bishopi is distinguished from Saladelos commixta by the combination of large size, strongly flared body whorl and weak to absent spiral sculpture. Several other species of micro-rhytidids with flared body whorls inhabit the drier scrubs of central Cape York Peninsula, but insufficient material currently exists to warrant their description.
Distribution
States
Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Known only from the Iron Range, Cape York Peninsula, FN QLD
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
Qld: Cape York Peninsula (CYP)
Distribution References
Ecological Descriptors
Litter-dwelling, rainforest, under logs.
Diagnosis
Shell medium-sized, dark yellow, subglobose with a low domed spire, body whorl large, flared and strongly descending; protoconch shiny, smooth, teleoconch sculpture of weak growth ridges above, underside smooth; umbilicus very wide, V-shaped; diameter 11.5mm.
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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] (Iron Range Carnivorous Snail)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 16-Apr-2012 | ADDED |