Nitor helmsianus

Nitor helmsianus
near Murwillumbah, Australia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Helicarionidae
Genus: Nitor
Species:
N. helmsianus
Binomial name
Nitor helmsianus

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]

References

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


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