Austrosuccinea macgillivrayi
2 Macgillivray's Ambersnail at Mount Clear, ACT
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| Austrosuccinea macgillivrayi | trevorpreston | 26 Oct 2021 | |
| Austrosuccinea macgillivrayi | Michael123 | 26 Oct 2021 | |
| Austrosuccinea macgillivrayi | Harrisi | 25 Oct 2021 |
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7 comments
26 Oct 2021
Thanks Michael. Is there any useful information I should add about this snail?
26 Oct 2021
I was just talking about conservation status etc. I have finished them off now.
26 Oct 2021
Trevor Preston,
Austrosuccinea macgillivrayi is usually associated with damp areas, around swamps (ephemeral and permanent), puddles etc. It occurs around coastal swamps and ponds but is also widespread west of the ranges through the central and southern tablelands, New England and western NSW districts. This is the first one I know of from a mountain area over 1,000 metres but it may be because these areas are undercollected. Juveniles often cluster under loose bark on eucalypts. From what I know lifespan is just a year.
Austrosuccinea macgillivrayi is usually associated with damp areas, around swamps (ephemeral and permanent), puddles etc. It occurs around coastal swamps and ponds but is also widespread west of the ranges through the central and southern tablelands, New England and western NSW districts. This is the first one I know of from a mountain area over 1,000 metres but it may be because these areas are undercollected. Juveniles often cluster under loose bark on eucalypts. From what I know lifespan is just a year.
26 Oct 2021
Yay, thanks for the extra info gents! Not the most remarkable looking creature though my pea brain had not seen it's like before and therefore justified recording. Good ol citizen science!
Location information
- Coordinates 148.990452-35.853799
- Maps Namadgi National Park
- Places Mount Clear, ACT
Sighting information
- 6 Abundance
- 23 Oct 2021 12:08 PM Recorded on
- Harrisi Recorded by
Collections
- Significant Other Invertebrates Snails & Slugs (Gastropoda) Molluscs (Mollusca) Harrisi Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Austrosuccinea macgillivrayi
Species information
- Austrosuccinea macgillivrayi Scientific name
- Macgillivray's Ambersnail Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
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