Maningrida arnhemensis

Maningrida arnhemensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subcohort: Panpulmonata
Superfamily: Amphiboloidea
Family: Maningrididae
Golding, Ponder & Byrne, 2007
Genus: Maningrida
Golding, Ponder & Byrne, 2007
Species:
M. arnhemensis
Binomial name
Maningrida arnhemensis
Golding, Ponder & Byrne, 2007

Maningrida arnhemensis is a species of small, air-breathing land snail with an operculum, a pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the superfamily Amphiboloidea.

Maningrida arnhemensis is the only species in the genus Maningrida, which is the only genus within the family Maningrididae.

Etymology

The genus Maningrida derives its name from Maningrida, Northern Territory, near where M. arnhemensis was found. The species name derives from Arnhem Land.

Distribution

M. arnhemensis has only been found in three coastal locations in Arnhem Land, near the Blyth River and Liverpool River.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Golding R. E., Ponder W. F. & Byrne M. (2007). "Taxonomy and anatomy of Amphiboloidea (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia: Archaeopulmonata)". Zootaxa 1476: 1-50. abstract.