Tolgachloritis

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Tolgachloritis
Tolgachloritis cambelli
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Infraorder: Helicoidei
Superfamily: Helicoidea
Family: Camaenidae
Genus: Tolgachloritis
Iredale, 1933

Tolgachloritis is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Camaenidae.[1] The genus was first described in 1933 by Tom Iredale,[2][3] and the type species is Chloritis jacksoni Hedley, 1912.[2][3] Iredale described them as "hairy".[3]

The genus is restricted to Queensland (Australia).[2]

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(as listed by WoRMS,[1] at 2024-04-07)

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c 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 Iredale, 1933". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
  2. ^ a b c "Genus Tolgachloritis Iredale, 1933". Australian Faunal Directory. Australian Government. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
  3. ^ a b c T. Iredale (2 August 1933). "Systematic notes on Australian land shells". Records of the Australian Museum. 19 (1): 37-59 [50]. doi:10.3853/J.0067-1975.19.1933.690. ISSN 0067-1975. Wikidata Q54547710.

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