Hadra semicastanea
©Anne: Shell of Hadra semicastanea at Lizard Island. Thanks to Dr Frank Koehler (Australian Museum) for the identification.
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Gastropoda
Order
Stylommatophora
Family
Camaenidae
Genus
Hadra
Species
Hadra semicastanea
Colours
Distinguishing features
Distinguishing features still need to be specified.
Size
- Up to 3.3 cm (Maximum diameter of shell) - applies to Photographed specimen
Synonyms
Similar taxa
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urn:lsid:lirs.australianmuseum.net.au:group:if7leR9E
was recorded at Lizard Island by Robertson (1981) but that appears to refer to Hadra semicastanea. Atlas of Living Australia (accessed 20 Mar 2018) says the supplied scientific name for that record is "Thersites (Hadra) bipartita semicastanea Pfeiffer 1849"
Distribution
©Atlas of Living Australia: Australian distribution
Local abundance
- Lizard Island, Queensland: This is the common land snail at Lizard Island. Dead shells litter most forested areas and living animals are often seen during the wet season.
Web resources
References
- Robertson, R. (1981). List of shell-bearing mollusks observed and collected at Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia, Tryonia, 4: 1-32. LIRS catalog number 403.