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Tolgachloritis campbelli

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Tolgachloritis campbelli
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Camaenidae
Genus: Tolgachloritis
Species:
T. campbelli
Binomial name
Tolgachloritis campbelli
(Iredale, 1938)
Synonyms[2]

Mussonena campbelli Iredale, 1938)

Tolgachloritis campbelli, the Chillagoe spiny snail,[3] is a species of air-breathing land snail, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Camaenidae.[2] The species was first described in 1938 as Mussonena campbelli by Tom Iredale,[4][5] and was transferred to the genus, Tolgachloritis, in 2010 by John Stanisic and others.[4][6]

The species is restricted to Queensland (Australia),[4] and the type specimen (AM C54102) was collected from the Chillagoe Caves, in Queensland.[4] This snail is covered in hair-like, spiny scales.[3]

This species is listed as "vulnerable" by the IUCN.[1][7]

References

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  1. ^ a b "IUCN Red List of Threatened Species". iucnredlist.org. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
  2. ^ a b Iredale. Bieler R, Bouchet P, Gofas S, Marshall B, Rosenberg G, La Perna R, Neubauer TA, Sartori AF, Schneider S, Vos C, ter Poorten JJ, Taylor J, Dijkstra H, Finn J, Bank R, Neubert E, Moretzsohn F, Faber M, Houart R, Picton B, Garcia-Alvarez O (eds.). "MolluscaBase: Tolgachloritis campbelli (Iredale, 1938)". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
  3. ^ a b "Chillagoe Spiny Snail". Facts About Snails. 22 September 2014. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
  4. ^ a b c d "Species Tolgachloritis campbelli (Iredale, 1938)". Australian Faunal Directory. Australian Government. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
  5. ^ Tom Iredale (1938). "A basic list of the land Mollusca of Australia. Pt III". Australian Zoologist: 83-124 [96]. ISSN 0067-2238. Wikidata Q113364026.
  6. ^ Stanisic, J., Shea, M., Potter, D. & Griffiths, O. 2010. Australian Land Snails. A field guide to eastern Australian species. Mauritius : Bioculture Press Vol. 1 595 pp. [396]
  7. ^ Stanisic, J. (1996). "Tolgachloritis campbelli". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T14014A4381007. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
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