Prolesophanta sp. "Dazzler"
Tasmathera sp. "Windsong"
found by Otto Bell (@elusiveweevils). found under a log along with a dead individual. the 3rd specimen of this species ever to be recorded.
Protractiropa sp. "Echo Sugarloaf"
a very rare and threatened species endemic to this reserve. 1st live individual found in about 4 years.
Terrestrial snail near natural permanent spring water in creek About the size of 10 cent piece. Mid north South Australia. The shell has two Flatish sides, not a rounded shell like common snails
Found in sediments at a spring. Scale in background is mm.
Found in sediments at a spring. Scale in background is mm.
This snail is approx 5mm in length. I observed it in my terrarium that has a small amount of moss from the location attached. Everything in the terrarium in from this location. I can’t seem to find any native snails like it. Any suggestions?
Out of season flowering of Thelymitra sp. Has been seen in previous years, unopened, by others and thought to be an early T. pauciflora. Flower opened on unseasonal warm day (17/7) and was 33mm across so much more likely to be T. nuda. 5 flower buds, stipe relatively bluish in colour. Scape 220mm high, so taller than most (but not all) T. pauciflora. Photo of whole plant taken on 11/7 on a warm day but flower unopened.
Beneath wood chunk in dry to slightly damp sclerophyll forest.
Damp to wet sclerophyll forest along steep gully.
Beneath granite chunk.
Found this snail (who looked like it was on its side, not upright like a garden snail). Very dark snail itself. When turned over the shell was like a funnel - only way I can describe it, it wasn’t flat.
Found in a wet Ferny creek bed on concrete drainage culvert
1 observed
tentatively L. lottah according to Kevin Bonham based on shell morphology. This is a recently discovered group of populations from St. Marys, Nicholas Range, East Tower Hill and now Valley Road. However considering it is about 70 km from the nearest known Lottaropa lottah population (Mt Arthur) this may prove with genetic studies to be a different species.
found = Otto Bell
Keeled snail Austrorhytida lamproides, Woolnorth, Tasmania, Febraury 2022, found by Karen Richards
This unusual Snail looked very much like a usual C. dufresnii here, but with a rather bolder patterned shell and a translucent white body! Whether this is within ordinary variation, partial leucistism, or a different species entirely I leave to those with way more knowledge about Snails than me...
~ 13 individuals found in leaf litter
Dead shell found under leaf litter in forest 5 years after fire, opposite WWBB Site 1.
Found amongst leaf litter beneath light plant cover within dry to slightly damp, Melaleuca forest.
Only one specimen found.
Found on the underside of logs, trapped in cobwebs or amongst leaf litter within dry to slightly damp, Melaleuca forest.
Abundant.
Species Similar to Bonhamaropa tarravillensis but more tightly packed spire and umbilicus is narrower and steeper.
Found 2 individuals after 1.5 hours of looking. Found under moist wood near side of track
Rei's finger is a paid actor
I missed this beautiful snail at the time - it snuck in while I was photographing something else - 3-4mm
Charopidae sp. “Needles”
The highly elusive (and very beautiful) Needles snail has been found!! It’s only ever been found 10 times before. It has a massive range extending along Western Tasmania, but is occurs very sparsely throughout it.
Found by Kevin Bonham