Nitor medioximus

Nitor medioximus 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]

Distribution map of Nitor medioximus

Nitor medioximus
Nitor medioximus, a rainforest snail, near Dungog, in Australia
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Helicarioninae
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N. medioximus
Binomial name
Nitor medioximus

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

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