Salinator solida

Taxobox
name = "Salinator solida"


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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Mollusca
classis = Gastropoda
ordo = Pulmonata
familia = Amphibolidae
genus = "Salinator"
species = "S. solida"
binomial = "Salinator solida"
binomial_authority = (Martens, 1878)

"Salinator solida" is a species of small, air-breathing land snail with an operculum, a pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Amphibolidae. In 2007, Golding, Ponder, and Byrne proposed that this species be moved to a new family (Phallomedusidae) and a new genus "Phallomedusa". [ [http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2007f/z01476p050f.pdf Taxonomy and anatomy of Amphiboloidea (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia: Archaeopulmonata), Rosemary E. Golding, Winston F. Ponder & Maria Byrne, Zootaxa, 2007] ]

Distribution

This species lives on the eastern and southern coasts of Australia, in the states of Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia, and Western Australia. [ [http://www.environment.gov.au/cgi-bin/abrs/fauna/details.pl?pstrVol=PULMONATA;pstrTaxa=10;pstrChecklistMode=2 Australian faunal directory] ]

Habitat

This species lives in semi-marine conditions, being found most commonly in mangroves, salt-marshes and mud flats. [ [http://data.gbif.org/species/browse/provider/1/taxon/13272867/ Global Biodiversity Information Facility] ]

Life habits

These snails feed on detritus. [ [http://www.environment.gov.au/cgi-bin/abrs/fauna/details.pl?pstrVol=PULMONATA;pstrTaxa=10;pstrChecklistMode=2 Australian faunal directory] ]

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