2 Tasmanian Tapered Snail at Cape Pillar, TAS
Identification history
| Bothriembryon tasmanicus | 11 May 2023 | kevinbonham | ||
| Bothriembryon tasmanicus | 21 Apr 2023 | trevorpreston | ||
| Unverified | 21 Apr 2023 | MattFox |
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User's notes
This was just a shell, no actual snail inside
2 comments
Michael123
wrote:
21 Apr 2023
Bothriembryon tasmanicus (Pfeiffer, 1853) Family Bothriembryontidae. Tasmanian endemic. Found along the eastern and southern coasts of Tasmania never more than a few kilometres from the coast
kevinbonham
wrote:
11 May 2023
10 km is the modern day record for furthest inland. There may have been further inland historically, but probably accidental translocations if so.
Location information
- Coordinates 147.968689-43.168983
- Altitude 468.1m
- Maps Tasman National Park
- Places Cape Pillar, TAS
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 13 Apr 2023 09:28 AM Recorded on
- MattFox Recorded by
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Other Invertebrates Snails & Slugs (Gastropoda) Molluscs (Mollusca) MattFox Tasmania NatureMapr
Species information
- Bothriembryon tasmanicus Scientific name
- Tasmanian Tapered Snail Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 468.06m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
- External link More information
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- More than one media file
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- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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