Nitor helmsianus 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][3]
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| near Murwillumbah, Australia | |
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| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura |
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| Species: | N. helmsianus
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| Nitor helmsianus | |
References
edit- ^ Iredale T. (1941). "Guide to the land shells of New South Wales. Pt III". Australian Naturalist 11: 1-8.
- ^ Australian Land Snails Volume 1, A field guide to eastern Australian species’ J.Stanisic, M.Shea, D. Potter & O. Griffiths. Bioculture Press, Mauritius, 2010
- ^ "Nitor helmsianus". Atlas of Living Australia. Australian Government. Retrieved 2021-05-30.