Terrestrial gastropods of Faure Island, Shark Bay, Western AustraliaWA Museum Records and Supplements | Updated 8 years agoABSTRACT – Five species of land snails are reported from Faure Island, two are species of Bothriembryon, a South West Botanical Province genus, two belong to Eremean Province genera, while the fifth belongs to a cosmopolitan genus. The distribution and habitats of the species are discussed. The species are survivors of the terrestrial fauna that inhabited the region during the arid phase of the last glacial period, prior to isolation by the last Late Pleistocene transgression. Author(s) Barry Wilson Volume Supplement 75 : A biological survey of Faure Island Article Published 2008 Page Number 21 DOI 10.18195/issn.0313-122x.75.2008.021-024 Terrestrial gastropods of Faure Island, Shark Bay, Western Australia Download 799.86 KB To request an accessible version of this pdf please email onlineservices@museum.wa.gov.au