Meridolum middenense

Meridolum middenense is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Camaenidae. This species is endemic to Australia.[2]

Distribution of Meridolum middenense
An empty shell of Meridolum middenense, in a She-oak forest above Resolute Beach, Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park, Australia

Meridolum middenense
An empty shell at Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park, Australia
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:
Meridolum
Species:
M. middenense
Binomial name
Meridolum middenense
McLauchlan, 1954[1]

Ecology

This species lives in open forests in the leaf litter.[3]

References
  1. McLauchlan C. F. (1954). "Three new land shells from New South Wales". Australian Zoologist 12: 39.
  2. "Meridolum middenense". Discoverlife.org.
  3. "Species Meridolum middenense McLauchlan, 1954" Archived 2012-10-15 at the Wayback Machine. Australian Faunal Directory, accessed 24 March 2011.


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