Crikey steveirwini

Crikey steveirwini
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: Crikey
Stanisic, 2009[1]
Species: C. steveirwini
Binomial name
Crikey steveirwini
Stanisic, 2009[1]

Crikey steveirwini is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Camaenidae. Crikey steveirwini is the only species in the genus Crikey.

The specific name steveirwini is in memory of wildlife expert Steve Irwin. The genus name was a favourite exclamation of Steve Irwin's, "crikey!" being an Australian minced oath.[2] The snail species was described by John Stanisic, a scientist at the Queensland Museum[2] who was later awarded Certified Environmental Practitioner of the Year 2010.

Crikey steveirwini occurs in the north-eastern part of Queensland, Australia, in the tropical rain forests also known as the Wet Tropics.[1] Crikey steveirwini is an arboreal species.[1]

The small, rare species has a high spire and is creamy yellow with coppery brown spiral bands. It can reach 15 millimetres (0.59 in) in size. To date, it has only been found at a few localities in the Central Wet Tropics region of north-eastern Queensland.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Stanisic, J. (2009). "Crikey steveirwini gen. et sp. nov. from montane habitats in the Wet Tropics of northeastern Queensland, Australia (Gastropoda: Eupulmonata: Camaenidae)" (PDF Abstract). Zootaxa. 2206: 62–68.
  2. 1 2 "Crikey! Snail named after Steve Irwin". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 13 November 2009. Retrieved 5 March 2010.
  3. ↑ "Steve Irwin's Treesnail". http://factsaboutsnails.com/types-of-snails/steve-irwins-treesnail-crikey-steveirwini/. Dr John Stanisic's official website Facts About Snails. External link in |website= (help);
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