Giant Panda Snail - The Australian Museum
Larger than a tennis ball, the Giant Panda Snail is Australia's largest land snail. Shell is helicoid (spiral) in shape and has dark brown to fawn colouration with a series of black radial stripes begining in the centre and spiraling out.
Hedleyella falconeri - Wikipedia
Hedleyella falconeri, the giant panda snail, is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Caryodidae. It is the largest species of land snail to be found in Australia.
Giant Panda Snail (Hedleyella falconeri) - iNaturalist
Hedleyella falconeri, the giant panda snail, is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Caryodidae. It is the largest species of land snail to be found in Australia.
Catalogue of Organisms: The Australian Panda
Giant panda snail Hedleyella falconeri, from the Queensland Museum. Giant pandas are found on rainforest floors in northern New South Wales and southern Queensland, in a range spanning from the Barrington Tops to the D'Aguilar Range. They are Australia's largest land snail, reaching nine centimetres in diameter, about the size of a tennis ball.
Where the rainforest glows - Australian Geographic
2022年8月29日 · One snail species that is easy to see because its shell can be almost as large as a tennis ball is the giant panda snail. This rainforest specialist is attracted to the ghost fungus. Fungi expert Sapphire explains that the snail’s size “is because they have such a fabulous damp fungifilled spot to live in”.
Lamington National Park: a spectacular mountain rainforest!
2016年5月11日 · This is only found on the Lamington plateau in creeks and pools above 450 metres; look for it in the pool at Goorawa Falls, reached via the Coomera Circuit. There is also a snail called the Giant Panda Snail, Australia’s largest snail, the size of a tennis ball. For butterflies, you can’t go past the Richmond Birdwing!
Hedleyella falconeri (Grey, 1834) - GBIF
Hedleyella falconeri, the giant panda snail, is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Caryodidae. It is the largest species of land snail to be found in Australia.
Giant Panda Snail - Facts About Snails
Australia’s largest land snail is the Giant Panda Snail (Hedleyella falconeri) – the shell of which may reach 90mm in height. This species is often encountered in the rainforests around Brisbane, particularly at night after rain when they are out feeding on fungi.
Giant Panda Snail Facts | Tamborine Glow Worms
2024年10月14日 · The giant panda snail (Hedleyella Falconeri) is one of the largest and most distinctive terrestrial snails in the world. Known for their glossy, spiral shells that can reach up to 10 cm in diameter, they are a remarkable sight in the wild.
Species Of The Week - Giant Panda... - Australian Museum
Species Of The Week - Giant Panda Snail (Hedleyella falconeri) Larger than a tennis ball, the Giant Panda Snail is Australia's largest land snail. But you might not have spotted this gentle...