Nitor medioximus
| Nitor medioximus | |
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| Nitor medioximus, a rainforest snail, near Dungog, in Australia | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura |
| Superfamily: | Helicarionoidea |
| Family: | Helicarionidae |
| Subfamily: | Helicarioninae |
| Genus: | Nitor |
| Species: | N. medioximus |
| Binomial name | |
| Nitor medioximus Iredale, 1941[1] | |
Nitor medioximus is a species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Helicarionidae. This species is endemic to Australia. It grows to about 12 mm in diameter.[2]
Distribution map of Nitor medioximus
References
Further reading
- http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/abrs/online-resources/fauna/afd/taxa/e383af24-6220-4f0a-94a6-a37a5db5db8a
- PDF of Malacologia article on forest snail faunas of NE New South Wales and SE Queensland, mentioning this species
- Government biodiversity summary for New South Wales, Northern Rivers region lists this species
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