Figuladra aureedensis
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| Figuladra aureedensis | |
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| Shell of Figuladra aureedensis (specimen in the Australian Museum) | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Camaenidae |
| Genus: | Figuladra |
| Species: | F. aureedensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Figuladra aureedensis (Brazier, 1872) | |
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Figuladra aureedensis (common name - Fitzroy Caves banded snail) is a species of air-breathing land snail, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Camaenidae.[1]
The species was first described in 1872 as Helix aureedensis by John Brazier.[1][2] In 2024, Lorelle Stanisic, John Stanisic and Frank Köhler reassigned it to the genus Figuladra, to give the species name, Figuladra aureedensis.[1][3]
The species epithet, aureedensis, which means "coming from Aureed (Island)", was a mistaken description since the specimen from which the species was described came from Johannsen's Caves, Mount Etna Caves National Park, in Queensland.[1][4]
The species is endemic to Eastern Queensland,[3] where it is found only in Mount Etna Caves National Park.[5] It is considered to be at risk[5] from fires, both natural and man-made.[5][6]
