Species Umbilidelos altonmoui Stanisic, 2010
Umbilidelos altonmoui, dorsal view. Diameter of shell: 9 mm
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Umbilidelos altonmoui, ventral view.
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Species Umbilidelos altonmoui Stanisic, 2010
Altonmoui Range Carnivorous Snail
Compiler and date details
November 2012 - Dr John Stanisic
- Umbilidelos altonmoui 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: for the Altonmoui Range].
Type data:
Holotype QM MO51542, Altonmoui Range, Cape Melville NP, FN QLD [14°31'S, 144°35'E].
Paratype(s) QM MO78867.
Introduction
Umbilidelos altonmoui is distinguished from Saladelos commixta by the lack of spiral grooves on the upper surface and in having a smooth protoconch.
Distribution
States
Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Altonmoui Range, FN QLD
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
Qld: Cape York Peninsula (CYP)
Distribution References
Ecological Descriptors
Rainforest, under rocks.
Diagnosis
Shell medium-sized, shiny, dark yellow, subglobose with a low domed spire; body whorl evenly coiled; protoconch shiny, smooth, teleoconch sculpture of low growth ridges and weak, occasionally with branched spiral striae above, shiny below; umbilicus very wide, cup-shaped; diameter 9.0mm.
Diagnosis References
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. [154] (Altonmoui Range Carnivorous Snail)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 19-Apr-2012 | ADDED |