Meridolum marshalli is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Camaenidae. This species is endemic to Australia.
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| An individual of Meridolum marshalli on a stone at the edge of Camp Gully Creek, which flows into the Hacking River in Royal National Park, south of Sydney, Australia | |
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| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata clade Eupulmonata clade Stylommatophora informal group Sigmurethra |
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| Species: | M. marshalli
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| Meridolum marshalli McLauchlan, 1951
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Distribution and ecology
editThis species of land snail is restricted to the Royal National Park in New South Wales. The snail's main habitat is wet areas near the Hacking River.[2] This snail eats soft green vegetation, rotting berries and humus.[3]
References
edit- ^ Smith, B. (1996). "Meridolum marshalli". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T13157A3414307. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T13157A3414307.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
- ^ NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service Sydney (February 2000). "ROYAL NATIONAL PARK, HEATHCOTE NATIONAL PARK AND GARAWARRA STATE RECREATION AREA PLAN OF MANAGEMENT" (PDF). State Government of New South Wales. Retrieved 20 August 2011.
- ^ Barker, G.M. (2004). Natural enemies of terrestrial molluscs. CABI. p. 364. ISBN 0-85199-319-2.
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