Nitor medioximus
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Nitor medioximus, a rainforest snail, near Dungog, in Australia | |
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(unranked): | clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura |
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Species: | N. medioximus
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Nitor medioximus |
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.[2]
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References
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- 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