Vidumelon wattii is a species of land snail in the family Camaenidae. It is known commonly as Watt's land snail. It is endemic to Australia, where it is limited to a range no more than 10 kilometers wide located near Alice Springs.[2]
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| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata clade Eupulmonata clade Stylommatophora informal group Sigmurethra |
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| Species: | V. wattii
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| Vidumelon wattii Tate, 1894
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This snail has a tightly coiled shell approximately one centimeter wide. It lives in leaf litter and probably consumes dead plant matter.[2]
References
edit- ^ Kessner, V.; Ponder, W.F. (1996). "Vidumelon wattii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T22971A9403718. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T22971A9403718.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
- ^ a b Vidumelon wattii. Threatened Species of the Northern Territory.
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