Forrestena is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Camaenidae. It is monotypic, being represented by the single species Forrestena delicata, commonly known as the Mount Lewis keeled snail. The species is endemic to Australia.
The genus was first described in 2010 by J. Stanisic, Stanisic, J. in Stanisic, J., Shea, M., Potter, D. & Griffiths, O. 2010. Australian Land Snails. A field guide to eastern Australian species. Mauritius : Bioculture Press Vol. 1 595 pp. [448, 538] while the species, Forrestana delicata, was first described in 1912 by C. Hedley as Planispira delicata,Planispira delicata Hedley, C. 1912. On some land shells collected in Queensland by Mr Sidney W. Jackson. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 37: 253-270 . from a specimen collected from Bels0n's scrub, Atherton, Queensland.
The species is classified as "near threatened" by IUCN, due to loss of habitat.
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