| 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 | |
Nitor medioximus is a species of small air-breathing land snail and terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Helicarionidae. This species is endemic to Australia and grows to about 12 mm in diameter.
References
- Iredale T. (1941). "Guide to the land shells of New South Wales. Pt III". Australian Naturalist 11: 1-8.
- Australian Land Snails Volume 1, A field guide to eastern Australian species’ J.Stanisic, M.Shea, D. Potter & O. Griffiths. Bioculture Press, Mauritius, 2010
Further reading
- https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/Nitor_medioximus
- 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
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Nitor medioximus | |
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