Kingdom Animalia Family Camaenidae Scientific name Crikey steveirwini Higher classification Crikey | Superfamily Helicoidea Genus Crikey
Stanisic, 2009 Phylum Mollusca Rank Species | |
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Similar Irwin's turtle, Scaptia beyonceae, Agra schwarzeneggeri, Camaenidae, Scaptia | ||
Crikey steveirwini is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Camaenidae. Crikey steveirwini is the only species in the genus Crikey.
The specific name steveirwini is in memory of wildlife expert Steve Irwin. The genus name was a favourite exclamation of Steve Irwin's, "crikey!" being an Australian minced oath. The snail species was described by John Stanisic, a scientist at the Queensland Museum who was later awarded Certified Environmental Practitioner of the Year 2010.
Crikey steveirwini occurs in the north-eastern part of Queensland, Australia, in the tropical rain forests also known as the Wet Tropics. Crikey steveirwini is an arboreal species.
The small, rare species has a high spire and is creamy yellow with coppery brown spiral bands. It can reach 15 millimetres (0.59 in) in size. To date, it has only been found at a few localities in the Central Wet Tropics region of north-eastern Queensland.