Austrochloritis (Genus)
1 Undescribed Austrochloritis species at Tinderry, NSW
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| Austrochloritis (Genus) | Michael123 | 9 May 2023 | |
| Austrochloritis (Genus) | trevorpreston | 9 May 2023 | |
| Austrochloritis (Genus) | trevorpreston | 1 Mar 2023 | |
| Unverified | danswell | 27 Feb 2023 |
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Same individual as other sighting - pics from DSLR
4 comments
28 Feb 2023
OK thanks - can see the shell surface much more clearly now. It is a member of the Camaenidae family and Austrochloritis genus. You can see the very fine setae (hairs) over the shell surface. It belongs to the Austrochloritis abrotonus group from that location. This is the furthest west that species group has been found. A related species is found in the Tallaganda National Park and another nearby NP called Gourock NP I think. Much further west in the western edge of Canberra, Namadgi NP and Brindabellas you get a different species belonging to the Austrochloritis koscziuskoensis species group. I might visit the area over the next few months to get living material for DNA and anatomical dissection. Thanks for posting this.
28 Feb 2023
Would be worth exploring in the Tinderrys to see if they are there. Happy to discuss getting access to specimens.
1 Mar 2023
danswell that would be wonderful if you could get hold of any live specimens - particularly adults - as we don't have any Austrochloritis specimens from that area. I will ask out senior research scientist and my co-author about it, he is a geneticist.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.326977-35.773852
- Maps Mt Holland
- Places Tinderry, NSW
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 27 Feb 2023 08:21 AM Recorded on
- danswell Recorded by
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- Other Invertebrates Molluscs (Mollusca) Snails & Slugs (Gastropoda) danswell Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Austrochloritis (Genus)
Species information
- Austrochloritis (Genus) Scientific name
- Undescribed Austrochloritis species Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1422.63m Recorded at altitude
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