Victaphanta atramentaria explained

Victaphanta atramentaria, common name the Gippsland black snail, is a species of carnivorous air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Rhytididae.^[1]

Distribution

This species is endemic to Australia and occurs in Victoria.

References

• Shuttleworth, R.J. 1852. Diagnosen neuer Mollusken. Mitteilungen der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Bern 1852: 193-208
• Iredale, T. 1933. Systematic notes on Australian land shells. Records of the Australian Museum 19: 37-59
• Smith, B.J. 1970. Notes on the anatomy of Victaphanta atramentaria Shuttleworth and V. compacta Cox & Hedley, and the designation of a neotype for V. atramentaria. Journal of the Malacological Society of Australia 2: 13-21
• Laws, H.M. 1971. The chromosomes of some Australasian Paryphantidae. Malacologia 11: 217-224
• Smith, B.J. 1992. Non-Marine Mollusca. In, Houston, W.W.K. (ed.). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Non-marine Mollusca. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service Vol. 8 xii 408 pp

Notes and References

1. http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/abrs/online-resources/fauna/afd/taxa/33dcce40-55a8-49ed-8887-43c7b85f011e The Australian Faunal Directory: Victaphanta atramentaria