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Vidumelon wattii

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Gastropoda

Family
  
Camaenidae

Scientific name
  
Vidumelon wattii

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Superfamily
  
Helicoidea

Genus
  
Vidumelon

Rank
  
Species

Vidumelon wattii is a species of land snail in the family Camaenidae. It is known commonly as Watt's land snail. It is endemic to Australia, where it is limited to a range no more than 10 kilometers wide located near Alice Springs.

This snail has a tightly coiled shell approximately one centimeter wide. It lives in leaf litter and probably consumes dead plant matter.

References

Vidumelon wattii Wikipedia