Forrestena

Forrestena is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Camaenidae.^[1] It is monotypic,^{[citation needed]} being represented by the single species Forrestena delicata, commonly known as the Mount Lewis keeled snail. The species is endemic to Australia.^[2]

Mount Lewis keeled snail
Conservation status
Near Threatened  (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Family:	Camaenidae
Genus:	Forrestena Stanisic, 2010
Species:	F. delicata
Binomial name
Forrestena delicata (Hedley, 1912)
Synonyms
(Species) Jacksonena delicata (Hedley, 1912) Planispira delicata Hedley, 1912

The genus was first described in 2010 by J. Stanisic,^[2][3] while the species, Forrestana delicata, was first described in 1912 by C. Hedley as Planispira delicata,^[4][5] from a specimen collected from Bels0n's scrub, Atherton, Queensland.^[4]

The species is classified as "near threatened" by IUCN, due to loss of habitat.^[1]