Adclarkia is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Camaenidae.
Adclarkia | |
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Photograph of a preserved shell of Adclarkia dawsonensis | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Order: | Stylommatophora |
Family: | Camaenidae |
Subfamily: | Hadrinae |
Genus: | Adclarkia Stanisic, 1996[1] |
The generic name Adclarkia is named after local conservationist Adam Clark.[1]
Species
editSpecies within the genus Adclarkia include:
- Adclarkia cameroni Stanisic, 2010[2]
- Adclarkia dawsonensis Stanisic, 1996 - type species of the genus Adclarkia[1]
- Adclarkia dulacca Stanisic, 2010[2]
References
edit- ^ a b c Stanisic J. (1996). "New land snails from boggomoss environments in the Dawson Valley, southeastern Queensland (Eupulmonata: Charopidae and Camaenidae)". Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 39(2): 343–354.
- ^ a b Stanisic J., Shea M., Potter D. & Griffiths O. (2010). Australian land snails. Volume 1. A field guide to eastern Australian species. Queensland Museum, Brisbane. 595 pp.