Sauroconcha gulosa
| Illawarra forest snail | |
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| Bass Point Reserve, Australia | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Camaenidae |
| Genus: | Sauroconcha |
| Species: | S. gulosa
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| Binomial name | |
| Sauroconcha gulosa (A.Gould, 1846)
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Sauroconcha gulosa, the Illawarra forest snail is an air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod in the family Camaenidae. [1]
Description
(Described in Latin as Helix coriaria) The shell is depressed-globose, solid and has a slightly concealed umbilicus. Its surface is roughly wrinkled and has a very fine granular texture, all in a clear chestnut color. The spire is broadly conical and obtuse.
It consists of five slightly convex whorls, with the body whorl being somewhat deflected at the front. The aperture is roundly lunate and has a pearlescent interior. The peristome is straight and obtuse, with its margins set far apart.
The columellar margin is sloping, thickened, and reflected. At the top, it widens into a triangular lamina that almost completely conceals the umbilicus. [2]
Distribution
This species is found in forests and woodlands, in New South Wales, from the Southern Highlands to the South Coast.[3][4]
References
- ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Sauroconcha gulosa". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 8 August 2025.
- ^ Pfeiffer, L. (1847). Diagnosen neuer Landschnecken. Cassel: Zeitschrift für Malakozoologie. p. 145. Retrieved 9 August 2025.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ Stephanie A. Clark (2009). "A review of the land snail genus Meridolum (Gastropoda: Camaenidae) from central New South Wales, Australia" (PDF). Molluscan Research. 29 (2): 61–120. ISSN 1323-5818. Wikidata Q91090324.
- ^ "Species Meridolum gulosa". NatureMapr. Retrieved 8 August 2025.
- Gould, A.A. (1846). "New species of Helix, from the Shells of the Exploring Expedition". Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History. 2: 165. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.3319.
External links
- Cox, J.C. (1864). Catalogue of Australian land shells. Sydney: John Alex Engel. p. 36.
- Köhler, F.; Bouchet, P. (2020). "On unavailable genus-group names introduced by Tom Iredale for Australian non-marine gastropods: nomenclatural clarifications and descriptions of new genera". Molluscan Research. 40 (2): 150–159. Bibcode:2020MollR..40..150K. doi:10.1080/13235818.2020.1724603.
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