Memoirs of the Queensland Museum – Nature 66

Lenwebbia Stanisic, 1990 revisited with the description of a new species, Lenwebbia jimthompsoni sp. nov. from the Einasleigh Uplands Bioregion, north-eastern Queensland (Gastropoda: Eupulmonata: Charopidae)

Stanisic, J. & Stanisic, L.

Published: 17 November 2025

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Stanisic, J. & Stanisic, L. (2025). Lenwebbia Stanisic, 1990 revisited with the description of a new species, Lenwebbia jimthompsoni sp. nov. from the Einasleigh Uplands Bioregion, north-eastern Queensland (Gastropoda: Eupulmonata: Charopidae). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum – Nature 66: 73–82. https://doi.org/10.17082/qews2674

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30 October 2025

Published

17 November 2025

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Yes

DOI

https://doi.org/10.17082/qews2674

Keywords

shell morphology, protoconch sculpture, incomplete secondary ureter, new species, higher relationships, biogeography.

Abstract

A new species of pinwheel snail, Lenwebbia jimthompsoni sp. nov., is described from Bakers Blue Mountain, Einasleigh Uplands, north-eastern Queensland. The species belongs to a genus of Charopidae whose members have an incomplete secondary ureter and conchological features that set them apart from typical Australian charopids. Higher relationships of these charopids as part of Punctoidea are considered in light of recent molecular studies with the possibility of future subfamilial recognition. The biogeographic significance of this species as part of a genus with representatives in geographically distant eastern Queensland rainforests is discussed.