Diphyoropa saturni
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora

informal group Sigmurethra
Superfamily:
Punctoidea
Family:
Charopidae
Genus:
Diphyoropa
Species:
D. saturni
Binomial name
Diphyoropa saturni
(Cox, 1864)
Synonyms
  • Dentherona saturni (Cox, 1864)
  • Helix costulata Cox, 1864
  • Helix saturni Cox, 1864

Diphyoropa saturni, also known as the Sydney copper pinwheel snail, is a species of pinwheel snail that is endemic to eastern Australia.[1]

Description

The shell of mature snails is 1.6–1.8 mm in height, with a diameter of 3.2–3.5 mm, discoidal with a flat to slightly sunken spire, with rounded whorls, impressed sutures and widely spaced radial ribs. It is uniformly coppery-brown in colouration. The umbilicus is widely open. The aperture is ovately lunate. The animal has a white body.[1]

Distribution

The snail has a natural range extending from south-eastern Queensland to south-eastern New South Wales. It has been introduced to Victoria and Lord Howe Island.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Hyman, Isabel; Köhler, Frank (2020). A Field Guide to the Land Snails of Lord Howe Island. Sydney: Australian Museum. ISBN 978-0-9750476-8-2.
  • MolluscaBase eds (2021). "Diphyoropa saturni (Cox, 1864)". MolluscaBase. Flanders Marine Institute. Retrieved 2021-07-16. {{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help)
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