Striadorbis spiralis Ponder & Avern, 2000

Diagnostic features

The shell of this species has several distinct spiral ridges, but lacks a distinct dorsal and ventral keel.

Classification

Striadorbis spiralis 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 spiralis 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: Fitzroy River on Princes Hwy between Portland and Port Fairy, Victoria.

Biology and ecology

In rivers, amongst plant roots and weeds.

Distribution

Fitzroy River, Western Victoria.

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.