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''Crikey steveirwini'' is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Camaenidae. ''Crikey steveirwini'' is the only species in the genus ''Crikey''. The specific name ''steveirwini'' is in memory of wildlife expert Steve Irwin. The genus name was a favourite exclamation of Steve Irwin's, "crikey!" being an Australian minced oath. The snail was named by Dr John Stanisic, a scientist at the Queensland Museum〔 who was later awarded Certified Environmental Practitioner of the Year 2010. ''Crikey steveirwini'' occurs in the north-eastern part of Queensland, Australia, in the tropical rain forests also known as the Wet Tropics.〔 ''Crikey steveirwini'' is an arboreal species.〔 The small, (15mm) rare species has a high spire and is creamy yellow with coppery brown spiral bands. To date, it has only been found at a few localities in the Central Wet Tropics region of north-eastern Queensland. 〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=Dr John Stanisic's official website Facts About Snails )〕 == References == 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Crikey steveirwini」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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