Adclarkia Cameroni
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''Adclarkia'' is a
genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...
of air-breathing
land snail A land snail is any of the numerous species of snail that live on land, as opposed to the sea snails and freshwater snails. ''Land snail'' is the common name for terrestrial gastropod mollusks that have shells (those without shells are known as ...
s,
terrestrial Terrestrial refers to things related to land or the planet Earth. Terrestrial may also refer to: * Terrestrial animal, an animal that lives on land opposed to living in water, or sometimes an animal that lives on or near the ground, as opposed to ...
pulmonate Pulmonata or pulmonates, is an informal group (previously an order, and before that a subclass) of snails and slugs characterized by the ability to breathe air, by virtue of having a pallial lung instead of a gill, or gills. The group includ ...
gastropod The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda (). This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusk Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 85,000  extant species of molluscs are recognized. The number of fossil species is e ...
s in the family
Camaenidae Camaenidae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Helicoidea, the typical snails and their allies. This is one of the most diverse families in the clade Stylommatophora. These ...
. The generic name ''Adclarkia'' is named after local conservationist Adam Clark.


Species

Species within the genus ''Adclarkia'' include: * '' Adclarkia cameroni'' Stanisic, 2010Stanisic J., Shea M., Potter D. & Griffiths O. (2010). ''Australian land snails. Volume 1. A field guide to eastern Australian species''. Queensland Museum, Brisbane. 595 pp. * ''
Adclarkia dawsonensis ''Adclarkia dawsonensis'', also known as boggomoss snail or Dawson Valley snail, is a species of air-breathing land snail, terrestrial animal, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Camaenidae. ''Adclarkia dawsonensis'' was the fir ...
'' Stanisic, 1996 - type species of the genus ''Adclarkia'' * ''
Adclarkia dulacca ''Adclarkia'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Camaenidae. The generic name ''Adclarkia'' is named after local conservationist Adam Clark. Species Species within the genus ''Adcl ...
'' Stanisic, 2010


References

Camaenidae Gastropod genera {{Camaenidae-stub