Genus Umbilidelos Stanisic, 2010
Carnivorous Snails
Compiler and date details
November 2012 - Dr John Stanisic
- Umbilidelos 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. [154, 573] [etymology: from umbilicus and a contraction of Saladelos (a small rhytidid), alluding to the combination of unusually large umbilicus and small size].
Type species:
Umbilidelos manierorum Stanisic, 2010 by original designation.
Introduction
Umbilidelos differs from Macrodelos by the combination of very shiny shell with very wide cup-shaped umbilicus, less flared body whorl and impressed sutures. The genus differs from Saladelos by the lack of spiral grooves on the upper surface and in having a smooth protoconch.
Distribution
States
Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Wet Tropics, NE QLD to southern Cape York Peninsula, FN QLD
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
Qld: Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Wet Tropics (WT)
Distribution References
Diagnosis
Shell small to medium-sized, shiny, subdiscoidal to subglobose, with flat to low domed spire, evenly coiled body whorl and impressed sutures; protoconch shiny and smooth, teleoconch sculpture of weak curved radial ribs and very weak to vague, occasionally branched, spiral striae above, shiny below; umbilicus very wide, cup-shaped. Colour creamy-yellow to yellow, sometimes with darker reddish radial streaks.
Diagnosis References
General References
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19-Apr-2012 | ADDED |