- Nitor medioximus
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Nitor medioximus Nitor medioximus, a rainforest snail, near Dungog, in Australia Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda (unranked): clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
clade Sigmurethra
clade limacoid cladeSuperfamily: Helicarionoidea Family: Helicarionidae Subfamily: Helicarioninae Genus: Nitor Species: N. medioximus Binomial name Nitor medioximus
Iredale, 1941[1]Nitor medioximus is a species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Helicarionidae. This species is endemic to Australia. It grows to about 12 mm in diameter.[2]
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Further reading
- http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/abrs/online-resources/fauna/afd/taxa/e383af24-6220-4f0a-94a6-a37a5db5db8a
- PDF of Malacologia article on forest snail faunas of NE New South Wales and SE Queensland, mentioning this species
- Government biodiversity summary for New South Wales, Northern Rivers region lists this species
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