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Meridolum middenense

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Meridolum middenense
An empty shell at Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park, Australia
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M. middenense
Binomial name
Meridolum middenense

Meridolum middenense is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Camaenidae. This species is endemic to Australia.[2]

Distribution of Meridolum middenense
An empty shell of Meridolum middenense, in a She-oak forest above Resolute Beach, Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park, Australia

Ecology

This species lives in open forests in the leaf litter.[3]

References

  1. ^ McLauchlan C. F. (1954). "Three new land shells from New South Wales". Australian Zoologist 12: 39.
  2. ^ "Meridolum middenense". Discoverlife.org.
  3. ^ "Species Meridolum middenense McLauchlan, 1954". Australian Faunal Directory, accessed 24 March 2011.