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Type: Articles
Published: 2008-07-31
Page range: 123-132
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A new genus and species of land snail of the family Camaenidae from New South Wales

College of Life Sciences and Technology, Xinjiang University, Urumqi, 830046, China
Australian Museum, 6 College Street, Sydney, NSW 2010, Australia
Camaenidae Sauroconcha Capertee Valley shell anatomy taxonomy

Abstract

Sauroconcha caperteeana n.gen., n.sp. is described from the southern Capertee Valley in the Great Dividing Range of mid eastern New South Wales, Australia. Sauroconcha is evidently related to Meridolum, which is widely distributed in eastern New South Wales and south eastern Queensland, and to Glyptorhagada of South Australia but distinguished from both on shell and reproductive characters. The relationships and conservation status of Sauroconcha are discussed.