Kimberleydiscus fasciatus
Kimberleydiscus fasciatus is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Camaenidae.[1]
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| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata clade Eupulmonata clade Stylommatophora informal group Sigmurethra |
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| Genus: | Kimberleydiscus Köhler, 2010[1] |
| Species: | K. fasciatus |
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| Kimberleydiscus fasciatus Köhler, 2010[1] | |
Kimberleydiscus fasciatus is the only species in the genus Kimberleydiscus.[1]
The generic name Kimberleydiscus consist of "Kimberley", that is a region in Western Australia and of the suffix "-discus", that is from the Latin language (originally derived from the Greek word "diskos") and means disc, and it refers to the discoid shape of the shell.[1] The specific name fasciatus is from the Latin language and means "banded".[1]
Distribution
The type locality of Kimberleydiscus fasciatus is the Bigge Island, Bonaparte Archipelago in north-western Kimberley, Western Australia. Because the species is only known from the type locality, it is considered to be endemic to Bigge Island.[1]
Shell description
Characteristic features of Kimberleydiscus fasciatus are the discoidal, low-spired shell with an open umbilicus. There are reddish brown spiral bands on the shell. The diameter of the shell is 18–22 mm.[1]
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