Species Saladelos lacertina Iredale, 1933
Saladelos lacertina, ventral view.
Saladelos lacertina, dorsal view. Diameter of shell: 11 mm.
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Species Saladelos lacertina Iredale, 1933
Lizard Island Carnivorous Snail
Compiler and date details
October 2012 - Dr John Stanisic
- Saladelos commixta lacertina Iredale, T. 1933. Systematic notes on Australian land shells. Records of the Australian Museum 19: 37-59 [48].
Type data:
Syntype(s) AM C87300 5 specimens, Lizard Is., QLD.
Miscellaneous Literature Names
- Saladelos lacertina 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. [572] (taxonomic decision for specific rank)
Introduction
Saladelos lacertina can be readily distinguished from S. commixta by having weaker spiral grooves, more prominent radial ribs and weakly impressed rather than channelled sutures.
Distribution
States
Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Lizard Island, FN QLD
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
Qld: Cape York Peninsula (CYP)
Distribution References
Ecological Descriptors
Rainforest, under litter, under logs.
Extra Ecological Information
Dry rainforest
Diagnosis
Shell small to medium-sized, yellow, subdiscoidal, with a flat spire; sutures weakly impressed; protoconch with weak spiral grooves at the end, teleoconch sculpture of strong curved radial ridges and weak, occasionally branched, spiral grooves and striae above, shiny below; umbilicus very wide, cup-shaped; diameter 11mm.
Diagnosis References
General 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. [126, 156, 572] (taxonomic decision)
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. [156] (Lizard Island Carnivorous Snail)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 19-Apr-2012 | ADDED |