| Kimberleymelon tealei | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata clade Eupulmonata clade Stylommatophora informal group Sigmurethra |
| Superfamily: | Helicoidea |
| Family: | Camaenidae |
| Genus: | Kimberleymelon Köhler, 2010[1] |
| Species: | K. tealei |
| Binomial name | |
| Kimberleymelon tealei Köhler, 2010[1] |
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Kimberleymelon tealei is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Camaenidae.[1] Kimberleymelon tealei is the only species in the genus Kimberleymelon.[1]
The generic name Kimberleymelon consists of "Kimberley" which is a region in Western Australia, and the suffix "-melon" which is from the Greek language meaning melon, the fleshy fruit of the family Cucurbitaceae, a reference to the globular shape of the shell.[1] The specific name "tealei" is in honor of Roy Teale, the malacologist who collected the holotype of this species.[1]
The type locality of Kimberleymelon tealei is Middle Osborn Island, Bonaparte Archipelago in north-western Kimberley, Western Australia.[1] This species is endemic to Middle Osborn Island.[1]
The shell is of trochiform shape, high-spired and has a closed umbilicus.Shell dimensions are 20-28 mm in diameter and 18-26 mm in height.[1]