Forrestena
Species and genus of gastropod
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Forrestena is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Camaenidae.[1] It is monotypic,[citation needed] being represented by the single species Forrestena delicata, commonly known as the Mount Lewis keeled snail. The species is endemic to Australia.[2]
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Camaenidae |
| Genus: | Forrestena Stanisic, 2010 |
| Species: | F. delicata |
| Binomial name | |
| Forrestena delicata (Hedley, 1912) | |
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The genus was first described in 2010 by J. Stanisic,[2][3] while the species, Forrestana delicata, was first described in 1912 by C. Hedley as Planispira delicata,[4][5] from a specimen collected from Bels0n's scrub, Atherton, Queensland.[4]
The species is classified as "near threatened" by IUCN, due to loss of habitat.[1]
