Sauroconcha is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Camaenidae.[1][2] The genus was first described in 2008 by Weihong Zhang and Michael Shea.[1][2] The type species is Sauroconcha caperteeana.[1]
| Sauroconcha | |
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| Sauroconcha sheai | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Camaenidae |
| Genus: | Sauroconcha Zhang & Shea, 2008 |
Species
editSpecies accepted by WoRMS & within the genus Sauroconcha include:[3]
- Sauroconcha caperteeana W.-H. Zhang & Shea, 2008
- Sauroconcha corneovirens (L. Pfeiffer, 1851)
- Sauroconcha grayi (L. Pfeiffer, 1847)
- Sauroconcha gulosa (A. Gould, 1846)
- Sauroconcha jervisensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832)
- Sauroconcha marshalli (McLauchlan, 1951)
- Sauroconcha maryae (S. A. Clark, 2009)
- Sauroconcha middenensis (McLauchlan, 1954)
- Sauroconcha sheai (S. A. Clark, 2009)
References
edit- ^ a b c "Genus Sauroconcha Zhang & Shea, 2008". Australian Faunal Directory. Australian Government. Retrieved 15 March 2023.
- ^ a b Weihong Zhang; Michael E. Shea (2008). "A new genus and species of land snail of the family Camaenidae from New South Wales". Molluscan Research. 28 (2): 123–132. ISSN 1323-5818. Wikidata Q91090299.
- ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Sauroconcha W.-H. Zhang & Shea, 2008". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 15 March 2023.