Nitor helmsianus

Nitor helmsianus 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][3]

Nitor helmsianus
near Murwillumbah, Australia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
clade Sigmurethra

clade limacoid clade
Superfamily:
Helicarionoidea
Family:
Helicarionidae
Subfamily:
Helicarioninae
Genus:
Nitor
Species:
N. helmsianus
Binomial name
Nitor helmsianus

References
  1. Iredale T. (1941). "Guide to the land shells of New South Wales. Pt III". Australian Naturalist 11: 1-8.
  2. Australian Land Snails Volume 1, A field guide to eastern Australian species’ J.Stanisic, M.Shea, D. Potter & O. Griffiths. Bioculture Press, Mauritius, 2010
  3. "Nitor helmsianus". Atlas of Living Australia. Australian Government. Retrieved 2021-05-30.


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