Carinotrachia admirale

Carinotrachia admirale
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Camaenidae
Genus: Carinotrachia
Species:
C. admirale
Binomial name
Carinotrachia admirale
Köhler, 2010[1]

Carinotrachia admirale is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Camaenidae.[1]

The specific name admirale refers to Admiralty Gulf which is next to the islands where this species lives.[1]

Subspecies

  • Carinotrachia admirale admirale Köhler, 2010[1]
  • Carinotrachia admirale elevata Köhler, 2010[1]

Distribution

The distribution of Carinotrachia admirale includes Middle and Southwest Osborn Islands.[1]

The type locality of Carinotrachia admirale is Middle Osborn Island, Bonaparte Archipelago in north-western Kimberley, Western Australia.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g Köhler F. (2010). "Three new species and two new genera of land snails from the Bonaparte Archipelago in the Kimberley, Western Australia (Pulmonata, Camaenidae)." Molluscan Research 30: 1-16. abstract, PDF.
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