Kimberleymelon tealei
Kimberleymelon tealei | |
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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: | Kimberleymelon Köhler, 2010[1] |
Species: | K. tealei |
Binomial name | |
Kimberleymelon tealei Köhler, 2010[1] | |
Kimberleymelon tealei is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Camaenidae.[1] Kimberleymelon tealei is the only species in the genus Kimberleymelon.[1]
The generic name Kimberleymelon consists of "Kimberley" which is a region in Western Australia, and the suffix "-melon" which is from the Greek language meaning melon, the fleshy fruit of the family Cucurbitaceae, a reference to the globular shape of the shell.[1] The specific name "tealei" is in honor of Roy Teale, the malacologist who collected the holotype of this species.[1]
Distribution
The type locality of Kimberleymelon tealei is Middle Osborn Island, Bonaparte Archipelago in north-western Kimberley, Western Australia.[1] This species is endemic to Middle Osborn Island.[1]
Shell description
The shell is of trochiform shape, high-spired and has a closed umbilicus.Shell dimensions are 20-28 mm in diameter and 18-26 mm in height.[1]