Torresitrachia

Torresitrachia
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:	Torresitrachia; Iredale, 1939

Torresitrachia is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Camaenidae.

Distribution

This genus is endemic to Australia, where it occurs in the tropical north of Queensland (Cape York Peninsula), the Northern Territory (south of the Gulf of Carpentaria and Arnhemland), and Western Australia (Kimberley).

Description

Species of Torresitrachia are characterized by their small to medium-sized, discoidal shell, and a loosely coiling umbilicus. Shells are a uniform brownish in color and exhibit a sculpture of radial ribs or periostracal hairs.^[2]

Species

Species within the genus Torresitrachia include:

Torresitrachia amaxensis Solem, 1979
Torresitrachia alenae Willan, Köhler, Kessner & Braby, 2009
Torresitrachia bathurstensis (Smith, 1894)
Torresitrachia cuttacutta Willan, Köhler, Kessner & Braby, 2009
Torresitrachia crawfordi Solem, 1979
Torresitrachia darwini Willan, Köhler, Kessner & Braby, 2009
Torresitrachia funium Solem, 1981
Torresitrachia monticola Iredale, 1939
Torresitrachia regula Solem, 1979
Torresitrachia stipata Iredale, 1938
Torresitrachia thedana Solem, 1985
Torresitrachia torresiana (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1841)
Torresitrachia wallacei Willan, Köhler, Kessner & Braby, 2009
Torresitrachia weaberana Solem, 1979

References

^ Iredale, T. 1939. A review of the land Mollusca of Western Australia. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia, 25: 1-88.
^ Solem, A. 1979. Camaenid land snails from western and central Australia (Mollusca : Pulmonata : Camaenidae) I. Taxa with trans-Australian distribution. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 10: 5-142.

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[Iredale,_1939-1] Iredale, T. 1939. A review of the land Mollusca of Western Australia. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia, 25: 1-88.

[2] Solem, A. 1979. Camaenid land snails from western and central Australia (Mollusca : Pulmonata : Camaenidae) I. Taxa with trans-Australian distribution. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 10: 5-142.

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