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
Found beneath decomposing, mossy wood among wet sclerophyll forest/rainforest.
Live collected.
~7mm. Found on the underside of a watering can
A very exiting find by Otto Bell (@Elusiveweevils). This is a completely new population of the Critically endangered Ammonite Pinwheel snail (previously known from only 4 populations).
After looking for ~45 minutes we only found this juvenile, but hopefully we can find more in the future!
4mm, on cut end of decaying log surrounded by rainforest-but right next to heavily walked track-is it native?
Charopidae sp. nr. Gadoropa sp. "Mayfield" (an informal name i am using for now)
7 individuals found (6 alive, 1 dead).
Approximate diameter of all adult snails is 1.5 mm
near to a species which had previously was only known from 1 specimen, although Kevin Bonham is not sure if they are the same species.
all alive snails were found on the underside of partially deeply imbeded small dolerite rocks on the slopes of the creek. the most individuals (i think 3 at one site) were found in dense dogwood groves, where there was a lot of leaf litter. all of these areas had very little invasive species activity, i only found one exotic slug.
thanks to Kevin Bonham who is helping figure out what this is
Charopidae sp. nr. Gadoropa sp. "Mayfield" (an informal name i am using for now)
7 individuals found (6 alive, 1 dead).
About 1 mm in diameter
near to a species which had previously was only known from 1 specimen, although Kevin Bonham is not sure if they are the same species.
all alive snails were found on the underside of partially deeply imbeded small dolerite rocks on the slopes of the creek. the most individuals (i think 3 at one site) were found in dense dogwood groves, where there was a lot of leaf litter. all of these areas had very little invasive species activity, i only found one exotic slug.
thanks to Kevin Bonham who is helping figure out what this is
Charopidae sp. nr. Gadoropa sp. "Mayfield" (an informal name i am using for now)
7 individuals found (6 alive, 1 dead).
Approximate diameter of all adult snails is 1.5 mm
near to a species which had previously was only known from 1 specimen, although Kevin Bonham is not sure if they are the same species.
all alive snails were found on the underside of partially deeply imbeded small dolerite rocks on the slopes of the creek. the most individuals (i think 3 at one site) were found in dense dogwood groves, where there was a lot of leaf litter. all of these areas had very little invasive species activity, i only found one exotic slug.
thanks to Kevin Bonham who is helping figure out what this is
Charopidae sp. nr. Gadoropa sp. "Mayfield" (an informal name i am using for now)
7 individuals found (6 alive, 1 dead).
Approximate diameter of all adult snails is 1.5 mm
Ruler line indicate .5 mm
near to a species which had previously was only known from 1 specimen, although Kevin Bonham is not sure if they are the same species.
all alive snails were found on the underside of partially deeply imbeded small dolerite rocks on the slopes of the creek. the most individuals (i think 3 at one site) were found in dense dogwood groves, where there was a lot of leaf litter. all of these areas had very little invasive species activity, i only found one exotic slug.
thanks to Kevin Bonham who is helping figure out what this is
Charopidae sp. nr. Gadoropa sp. "Mayfield" (an informal name I am using)
7 individuals found (6 alive, 1 dead).
Approximate diameter of all adult snails is 1.5 mm
near to a species which had previously was only known from 1 specimen, although Kevin Bonham is not sure if they are the same species.
all alive snails were found on the underside of partially deeply imbeded small dolerite rocks on the slopes of the creek. the most individuals (i think 3 at one site) were found in dense dogwood groves, where there was a lot of leaf litter. all of these areas had very little invasive species activity, i only found one exotic slug.
Roblinella sp. nov. "Nelson Falls"
1 individual found, identified by Kevin Bonham as a new species.
Charopidae sp. "Apsley Waterhole"
new genus and species
so far this suspected new genus and species is only known from 3 individuals and occupies a area about 1m2.
Unidentified species. Has red mantle and orange mucous. Large eggs.