Striadorbis janetae Ponder & Avern, 2000

Diagnostic features

The shell has several distinct spiral ridges but lacks a distinct dorsal and ventral keel.

Classification

Striadorbis janetae Ponder & Avern, 2000

Class Gastropoda

Infraclass Heterobranchia

Infrasubcohort Panpulmonata

Superorder Pyropulmonata

Order Amphibolida

Suborder Glacidorbina

Superfamily Glacidorboidea

Family Glacidorbidae

Genus Striadorbis Ponder & Avern, 2000

Original name: Striadorbis janetae Ponder & Avern, 2000. In Ponder, W. F. & Avern, G. J. (2000). The Glacidorbidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda: (Heterobranchia) of Australia. Records of the Australian Museum 52: 307–353.

Type locality: Last River, tributary of Ansons River, on Ansons Bay Rd, NE Tasmania.

Biology and ecology

In river amongst plant roots, stones and weed.

Distribution

Coastal areas of northern east coast of Tasmania.

Further reading

Ponder, W. (2019). Glacidorbidae Ponder, 1986. Pp. 143-144 in C. Lydeard & Cummings, K. S. Freshwater Mollusks of the World: a Distribution Atlas. Baltimore, John Hopkins University Press.

Ponder, W. F. & Avern, G. J. (2000). The Glacidorbidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Heterobranchia) of Australia. Records of the Australian Museum 52: 307-353.