Carinotrachia admirale is a species

Species

In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biological classification and a taxonomic rank. A species is often defined as a group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring. While in many cases this definition is adequate, more precise or differing measures are...

 of air-breathing land snail

Land snail

A land snail is any of the many species of snail that live on land, as opposed to those that live in salt water and fresh water. Land snails are terrestrial gastropod mollusks that have shells, It is not always an easy matter to say which species are terrestrial, because some are more or less...

, a terrestrial

Terrestrial animal

Terrestrial animals are animals that live predominantly or entirely on land , as compared with aquatic animals, which live predominantly or entirely in the water , or amphibians, which rely on a combination of aquatic and terrestrial habitats...

 pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Camaenidae

Camaenidae

Camaenidae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Helicoidea.This is one of the most diverse families in the clade Stylommatophora....

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The specific name admirale refers to Admiralty Gulf

Admiralty Gulf

Admiralty Gulf is a gulf in the Kimberley of Western Australia that opens into the Indian Ocean.The Gulf is bounded by the Bougainville Peninsula to the North and Bigge Point to the South. The nearest populated place is Kalumburu, located to the East....

 which is next to the islands where this species lives.

Subspecies

• Carinotrachia admirale admirale Köhler, 2010
• Carinotrachia admirale elevata Köhler, 2010

Distribution

The distribution of Carinotrachia admirale includes Middle and Southwest Osborn Islands.

The type locality of Carinotrachia admirale is Middle Osborn Island, Bonaparte Archipelago

Bonaparte Archipelago

The Bonaparte Archipelago is a group of islands off the coast of Western Australia in the Kimberley region. The closest inhabited place is Kalumburu located about to the east of the island group....

 in north-western Kimberley, Western Australia.