''Meridolum'' is a
genus
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of air-breathing
land snails,
terrestrial
Terrestrial refers to things related to land or the planet Earth.
Terrestrial may also refer to:
* Terrestrial animal, an animal that lives on land opposed to living in water, or sometimes an animal that lives on or near the ground, as opposed to ...
pulmonate gastropod mollusk
Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 85,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized. The number of fossil species is es ...
s in the family
Camaenidae
Camaenidae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Helicoidea, the typical snails and their allies. This is one of the most diverse families in the clade Stylommatophora.
Thes ...
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Species
Species within the genus ''Meridolum'' include:
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Meridolum benneti
''Meridolum benneti'' is a species of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Camaenidae. This species is endemic to Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovere ...
'' Brazier, 1872
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Meridolum corneovirens
''Meridolum corneovirens'', also known as the Cumberland Plain Land Snail, is a species of air-breathing land snail, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Camaenidae. This species is endemic to Australia
Australia, of ...
'' (Pfeiffer, 1851)
* ''
Meridolum depressum
''Meridolum depressum'' is a species of air-breathing land snail, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Camaenidae. This species is endemic to Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovere ...
'' Hedley, 1901
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Meridolum gulosum
''Meridolum gulosum'' is a species of air-breathing land snail, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Camaenidae. This species is endemic to Australia.
Type locality, originally given by Gould 1852 as “Illawarra, New Sout ...
'' Gould, 1846
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Meridolum marshalli
''Meridolum marshalli'' is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Camaenidae. This species is endemic to Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a So ...
'' McLauchlan, 1951
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Meridolum middenense
''Meridolum middenense'' is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial animal, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Camaenidae. This species is Endemism, endemic to List of non-marine molluscs of Australia, Australia.
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'' McLauchlan, 1954
References
Further reading
* Clark S. A. (2009). "A review of the land snail genus ''Meridolum'' (Gastropoda: Camaenidae) from central New South Wales, Australia". ''
Molluscan Research
Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 85,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized. The number of fossil species is es ...
'' 29(2): 61-120
abstract
Camaenidae
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