Two new names for well-known Figuladra species

Introducing Euryladra mattea and Brigaladra volgiola previously thought to be Figuladra species. Both are endemic to Queensland. E. mattea inhabits open woodlands from the NSW border to just north of Rockhampton and B. volgiola inhabits dry vine thicket on rocky scree and open woodland in the Peak, Boomer, Broadsound and Expedition Ranges.

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Stanisic, L., Köhler, F. & Mcdougall, C. 2022. Two new genera of land snail from dry subtropical forests of eastern Australia: Brigaladra gen. nov. and Euryladra gen. nov. (Eupulmonata: Camaenidae). Invertebrate Systematics, 36, 506-532.

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