Kimberleydiscus fasciatus

Kimberleydiscus fasciatus is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Camaenidae.[1]

Kimberleydiscus fasciatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Sigmurethra
Superfamily:
Helicoidea
Family:
Camaenidae
Genus:
Kimberleydiscus

Köhler, 2010[1]
Species:
K. fasciatus
Binomial name
Kimberleydiscus fasciatus
Köhler, 2010[1]

Kimberleydiscus fasciatus is the only species in the genus Kimberleydiscus.[1]

The generic name Kimberleydiscus consist of "Kimberley", that is a region in Western Australia and of the suffix "-discus", that is from the Latin language (originally derived from the Greek word "diskos") and means disc, and it refers to the discoid shape of the shell.[1] The specific name fasciatus is from the Latin language and means "banded".[1]

Distribution

The type locality of Kimberleydiscus fasciatus is the Bigge Island, Bonaparte Archipelago in north-western Kimberley, Western Australia. Because the species is only known from the type locality, it is considered to be endemic to Bigge Island.[1]

Shell description

Characteristic features of Kimberleydiscus fasciatus are the discoidal, low-spired shell with an open umbilicus. There are reddish brown spiral bands on the shell. The diameter of the shell is 18–22 mm.[1]

References
  1. Köhler F. (2010). "Three new species and two new genera of land snails from the Bonaparte Archipelago in the Kimberley, Western Australia (Pulmonata, Camaenidae)." Molluscan Research 30: 1-16. abstract, PDF.


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