Meridolum marshalli
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| Meridolum marshalli | |
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| An individual of Meridolum marshalli on a stone at the edge of Camp Gully Creek, which flows into the Hacking River in Royal National Park, south of Sydney, Australia | |
| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Camaenidae |
| Genus: | Meridolum |
| Species: | M. marshalli
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| Binomial name | |
| Meridolum marshalli McLauchlan, 1951
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Meridolum marshalli is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Camaenidae. This species is endemic to Australia.
Distribution and ecology
[edit | edit source]This species of land snail is restricted to the Royal National Park in New South Wales. The snail's main habitat is wet areas near the Hacking River.[2] This snail eats soft green vegetation, rotting berries and humus.[3]
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