Westraltrachia inopinata

Westraltrachia inopinata is a species of air-breathing land snails, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Camaenidae.[1]

Westraltrachia inopinata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Sigmurethra
Superfamily:
Helicoidea
Family:
Camaenidae
Genus:
Westraltrachia
Species:
W. inopinata
Binomial name
Westraltrachia inopinata
Solem, 1984

Distribution

This species is endemic to Western Australia and occurs at the south side of the Napier Range.

References
  1. Australian Faunal Directory: Westraltrachia inopinata
  • Solem, A. 1984. Camaenid land snails from Western and Central Australia (Mollusca : Pulmonata : Camaenidae). IV. Taxa from the Kimberley, Westraltrachia Iredale, 1933 and related genera. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 17: 427-705
  • Ponder, W.F. & Slack-Smith, S. 1996. Westraltrachia inopinata.
  • 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.


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