Adclarkia

Adclarkia is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Camaenidae.

Adclarkia
Photograph of a preserved shell of Adclarkia dawsonensis
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:
Adclarkia

Stanisic, 1996[1]

The generic name Adclarkia is named after local conservationist Adam Clark.[1]

Species

Species within the genus Adclarkia include:

  • Adclarkia cameroni Stanisic, 2010[2]
  • Adclarkia dawsonensis Stanisic, 1996 - type species of the genus Adclarkia[1]
  • Adclarkia dulacca Stanisic, 2010[2]

References
  1. Stanisic J. (1996). "New land snails from boggomoss environments in the Dawson Valley, southeastern Queensland (Eupulmonata: Charopidae and Camaenidae)". Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 39(2): 343–354.
  2. Stanisic J., Shea M., Potter D. & Griffiths O. (2010). Australian land snails. Volume 1. A field guide to eastern Australian species. Queensland Museum, Brisbane. 595 pp.


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