Australian Biological Resources Study

Australian Faunal Directory

<em>Macrodelos hobsoni</em>, dorsal view.
Diameter of shell: 6 mm

Macrodelos hobsoni, dorsal view. Diameter of shell: 6 mm

<em>Macrodelos hobsoni</em>, ventral view.

Macrodelos hobsoni, ventral view.

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Species Macrodelos hobsoni (Brazier, 1876)

Palm Islands Carnivorous Snail


Compiler and date details

October 2012 - Dr John Stanisic

 

Introduction

Macrodelos hobsoni is a narrowly restricted species thus far found only on the Palm Islands.

 

Distribution

States

Queensland


Extra Distribution Information

Palm islands, NE QLD

Australian Endemic.


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IBRA

Qld: Wet Tropics (WT)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Under litter, under logs, vine thicket, woodland.

 

Diagnosis

Shell small, yellow, subglobose with a low domed spire, last whorl large, flared, and protoconch and apical whorls large relative to rest of shell; protoconch shiny, smooth, teleoconch sculpture of spiral wrinkles with low growth lines and corrugations, umbilicus wide V-shaped; diameter 6mm.

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
16-Apr-2012 16-Apr-2012 MOVED
03-Jan-2013 16-Apr-2012 MODIFIED
12-Feb-2010 (import)