# Sphendone

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{{Short description|Genus of gastropods}}

{{Speciesbox
| taxon = Sphendone insolita
| authority = [J. Slapcinsky](/source/John_Slapcinsky) & [F. Kraus](/source/Fred_Kraus)
}}

'''''Sphendone insolita''''', common name the '''Palau rock snail''',<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://islandbiodiversity.com/insolita.htm |title="Palau rock snail ''Sphendone insolita''"}}</ref> is a [species](/source/species) of air-breathing tropical [land snail](/source/land_snail), a [terrestrial](/source/terrestrial_molluscs) [pulmonate](/source/pulmonate) [gastropod](/source/gastropod) in the [family](/source/Family_(taxonomy)) [Partulidae](/source/Partulidae). This species is [endemic](/source/Endemism) to [Palau](/source/Palau).

==Taxonomy and naming==
John Slapcinsky and Fred Kraus described a new species from southern [Ngeruktabel Island](/source/Ngeruktabel) and nearby [Mecherchar](/source/Mecherchar), which they deem sufficiently different from all other [Partulids](/source/Partulidae) to merit being placed in an entirely new [genus](/source/genus). This species is named ''Sphendone insolita'', where ''Sphendone'' means a sling missile in [Greek](/source/Greek_language), a reference to the bullet-shape of the shells of the snails, and ''insolita'' means 'unusual' in [Latin](/source/Latin), in reference to the shape and [ecological](/source/ecological) habits of the snail, both of which are unusual for a Partulid.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://sciencythoughts.blogspot.com/2016/09/sphendone-insolita-new-species-of.html |title=Sciency Thoughts: Sphendone insolita:A new species of Partulid Snail from Palau.}}</ref>

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Category:Partulidae

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