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Note on discovery of the habitat of Amnicola (ampullaria?) tasmanica- Ten.Woods : with a description of a new species of Helix.

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posted on 2023-11-22, 08:02 authored by Robert Mackenzie Johnston
Helix Hookeriana. n.s. A. M. Johnston.
Shell minute, planorbiform, bi-concave, somewhat openly perspectively umbilicated; whorls four and a half obliquely, arcuately striate, compressed, with alternate bands of red and brown; preceding whorls sunk in and closely embraced by the last, the base being rather more deeply submerged, and the upper surface shallower, and more openly perspective; aperture almost linear-lunate; labrum thin, obliquely produced towards periphery, and slightly inflated, forming a narrow groove at the sutures; arch of periphery faintly dilated into an obsolete keel.

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Papers & Proceedings and Report of the Royal Society of Tasmania

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In 1843 the Horticultural and Botanical Society of Van Diemen's Land was founded and became the Royal Society of Van Diemen's Land for Horticulture, Botany, and the Advancement of Science in 1844. In 1855 its name changed to Royal Society of Tasmania for Horticulture, Botany, and the Advancement of Science. In 1911 the name was shortened to Royal Society of Tasmania..

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