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Species Sheaia glenrockensis Hyman, 2007

Hunter Valley Glass-snail

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales


Extra Distribution Information

Eastern Hunter Valley, ME NSW


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IBRA

NSW: Sydney Basin (SB)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Arboreal, under bark, vine thicket.

 

Diagnosis

Shell small, silky light gold to pale green, fading to white around the umbilicus, discoidal to depressedly trochoidal with a low spire; whorls 5, slightly angulate, sutures weakly impressed; protoconch with coarse spiral striae, teleoconch with very fine, crowded spiral striae; umbilicus narrow without internal spiral striae; diameter 8.5mm. Animal pale cream, caudal horn grey. Anatomy as for genus.

 

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)
05-Feb-2014 HELICARIONIDAE 03-Apr-2012 MODIFIED Dr John Stanisic (BAAM)
26-Jul-2010 MODIFIED