Vidumelon wattii
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Kingdom: | Animalia |
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(unranked): | clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata clade Eupulmonata clade Stylommatophora informal group Sigmurethra |
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Species: | V. wattii
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Vidumelon wattii Tate, 1894
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Vidumelon wattii is a species of land snail in the family Camaenidae. It is known commonly as Watt's land snail. It is endemic to Australia, where it is limited to a range no more than 10 kilometers wide located near Alice Springs.[2]
This snail has a tightly coiled shell approximately one centimeter wide. It lives in leaf litter and probably consumes dead plant matter.[2]
References
- . Retrieved 15 November 2021.
- ^ a b Vidumelon wattii. Threatened Species of the Northern Territory.