Species Vitellidelos costata Stanisic, 2010
Vitellidelos costata, dorsal view. Diameter of shell: 8.5 mm
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Vitellidelos costata, ventral view.
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Species Vitellidelos costata Stanisic, 2010
Strong-ribbed Carnivorous Snail
Compiler and date details
November 2012 - Dr John Stanisic
- Vitellidelos costata 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. [142, 573] [etymology: from the Latin costa = rib, referring to the sculpture of prominent radial ribs].
Type data:
Holotype QM MO56679, Dungog, 13km N at Bandon Grove, ME NSW [32°18'35"S, 151°42'20"E].
Paratype(s) QM MO49480; QM MO55915; QM MO59907; AM SC339569.
Introduction
Vitellidelos costata can be distinguished from V. dulcis and Montidelos species by the much stronger radial ribbing of the teleoconch.
Distribution
States
New South Wales
Extra Distribution Information
Barrington Tops to Doyles River State Forest, WNW of Kempsey, NE NSW
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
NSW: NSW North Coast (NNC)
Distribution References
Ecological Descriptors
Litter-dwelling, mixed forest, rainforest, under logs.
Extra Ecological Information
Mixed eucalypt forest
Diagnosis
Shell small, yellow to colourless with dark reddish-brown steaks in some individuals, discoidal with flattened spire; protoconch shiny, with weak radial growth ridges, teleoconch with prominent, closely spaced regular ribs above, underside with weak spiral grooves; umbilicus very wide, U-shaped; diameter 8.5mm.
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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. [142] (Strong-ribbed Carnivorous Snail)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 19-Apr-2012 | ADDED |