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Threatened species

Dural Land Snail - Sydney Basin: Distribution and vegetation associations

Scientific name: Pommerhelix duralensis

Conservation status in NSW: Endangered

Commonwealth status: Endangered

Last updated: 22 May 2024

Distribution of the species within this region

The Dural Land Snail is known or predicted to occur in the following sub-regions of the Sydney Basin Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation of Australia Region.

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IBRA sub-region	Known or predicted	Geographic restrictions within region
Burragorang	Known	North of Wombeyan Caves Road
Cumberland	Known	None
Pittwater	Known	None
Sydney Cataract	Predicted	None
Wollemi	Known	None
Yengo	Known	None

Vegetation formations, classes and types

In this region the Dural Land Snail - Sydney Basin is known to be associated with the following vegetation formations and classes. Click on a name to get background information about it.

Dry sclerophyll forests (shrub/grass sub-formation)
- Cumberland Dry Sclerophyll Forests
  - 3448 Castlereagh Ironbark Forest

Dry sclerophyll forests (shrubby sub-formation)
- Sydney Coastal Dry Sclerophyll Forests
  - 3578 Blue Mountains Low Heathy Woodland
  - 3579 Blue Mountains Scribbly Gum Swamp Woodland
  - 3580 Burralow Swamp Woodland
  - 3586 Northern Sydney Scribbly Gum Woodland
  - 3592 Sydney Coastal Enriched Sandstone Forest
  - 3593 Sydney Coastal Sandstone Bloodwood Shrub Forest
  - 3594 Sydney Coastal Sandstone Foreshores Forest
  - 3595 Sydney Coastal Sandstone Gully Forest
  - 3596 Sydney Coastal Sandstone Riparian Forest
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- Sydney Hinterland Dry Sclerophyll Forests
  - 3603 Hawkesbury Escarpment Bloodwood Forest
  - 3615 Sydney Hinterland Apple-Blackbutt Gully Forest
  - 3619 Sydney Hinterland Enriched Sandstone Bloodwood Forest
  - 3616 Sydney Hinterland Grey Gum Transition Forest
  - 3617 Sydney Hinterland Peppermint-Apple Forest
  - 3620 Sydney Hinterland Turpentine Sheltered Forest
  - 3622 Sydney Hinterland Yellow Bloodwood Woodland
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- Sydney Sand Flats Dry Sclerophyll Forests
  - 3629 Castlereagh Scribbly Gum Woodland
  - 3628 Castlereagh Shrubby Swamp Woodland

Wet sclerophyll forests (grassy sub-formation)
- Northern Hinterland Wet Sclerophyll Forests
  - 3258 Sydney Basin Creekflat Blue Gum-Apple Forest
  - 3259 Sydney Coastal Shale-Sandstone Forest
  - 3262 Sydney Turpentine Ironbark Forest

Wet sclerophyll forests (shrubby sub-formation)
- North Coast Wet Sclerophyll Forests
  - 3136 Blue Gum High Forest
  - 3176 Sydney Enriched Sandstone Moist Forest

Images

Pommerhelix duralensis individual. Photo © P. Ridgeway

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