Vidumelon wattii

{{Short description|Species of gastropod}}

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| status = VU | status_system = IUCN2.3

| taxon = Vidumelon wattii

| authority = Tate, 1894

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Vidumelon wattii is a species of land snail in the family Camaenidae. It is known commonly as Watt's land snail. It is endemic to Australia, where it is limited to a range no more than 10 kilometers wide located near Alice Springs.[http://www.lrm.nt.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0019/10936/Vidumelon_watti_VU.pdf Vidumelon wattii.] Threatened Species of the Northern Territory.

This snail has a tightly coiled shell approximately one centimeter wide. It lives in leaf litter and probably consumes dead plant matter.

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