Trochomorpha melvillensis: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Mollusca
- Class
- Gastropoda
- Order
- Stylommatophora
- Family
- Trochomorphidae
- Genus
- Trochomorpha
- Species
- Trochomorpha melvillensis
- Scientific Name
- Trochomorpha melvillensis
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Trochomorpha melvillensis
Trochomorpha melvillensis is a species of land snail in the family Trochomorphidae. It is endemic to Australia, where it is known only from Melville Island off the coast of the Northern Territory.
This snail is about 1 to 1.2 centimeters wide. It has a sharp keel along the curve of its shell and a red band along the coil. It lives under logs in coastal rainforest habitat. It has been found at only a few locations.
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Sibling Taxa
- Trochomorpha abrochroa
- Trochomorpha accurata
- Trochomorpha albostriata
- Trochomorpha apia
- Trochomorpha approximata
- Trochomorpha benigna
- Trochomorpha carolinae
- Trochomorpha conoides
- Trochomorpha contigua
- Trochomorpha corallina
- Trochomorpha depressostriata
- Trochomorpha fessonia
- Trochomorpha kambarae
- Trochomorpha kantavuensis
- Trochomorpha kuesteri
- Trochomorpha latimarginata
- Trochomorpha lofti
- Trochomorpha melvillensis
- Trochomorpha merzianoides
- Trochomorpha moalensis
- Trochomorpha nigritella
- Trochomorpha planoconus
- Trochomorpha tavinniensis
- Trochomorpha transarata
- Trochomorpha tumulus
- Trochomorpha tuvuthae