Meridolum corneovirens

Species of gastropod

Meridolum corneovirens
Conservation status

Endangered  (IUCN 2.3)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Sigmurethra
Superfamily:
Helicoidea
Family:
Camaenidae
Genus:
Meridolum
Species:
M. corneovirens
Binomial name
Meridolum corneovirens
Pfeiffer, 1851
Distribution of Meridolum corneovirens

Meridolum corneovirens, also known as the Cumberland Plain Land Snail, is a species of air-breathing land snail, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Camaenidae. This species is endemic to Australia. While little is known about the feeding habits of M. corneovirens, it appears to have a broad dietary range with a preference for fungi; it has also been reported as feeding on dead conspecifics.[2]

References

  1. ^ Ponder, W.F.; Smith, B. (1996). "Meridolum corneovirens". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T13156A3414257. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T13156A3414257.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  2. ^ Ridgeway P.A.; et al. (2014). "Indications of diverse behavioural ecologies in the morphologically conservative Australian land snails Pommerhelix and Meridolum (Stylommatophora: Camaenidae)". Molluscan Research. 34 (1): 25–39. doi:10.1080/13235818.2013.866179.

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Taxon identifiers
Meridolum corneovirens


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