Torresitrachia is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Camaenidae.
Distribution This genus is endemic to Australia, where it occurs in the tropical north of Queensland (Cape York Peninsula), the Northern Territory (south of the Gulf of Carpentaria and Arnhemland), and Western Australia (Kimberley).
Description Species of Torresitrachia are characterized by their small to medium-sized, discoidal shell, and a loosely coiling umbilicus. Shells are a uniform brownish in color and exhibit a sculpture of radial ribs or periostracal hairs.Solem, A. 1979. Camaenid land snails from western and central Australia (Mollusca : Pulmonata : Camaenidae) I. Taxa with trans-Australian distribution. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 10: 5-142.
Species Species within the genus Torresitrachia include: Torresitrachia amaxensis Solem, 1979 Torresitrachia alenae Willan, Köhler, Kessner & Braby, 2009 Torresitrachia bathurstensis (Smith, 1894) Torresitrachia cuttacutta Willan, Köhler, Kessner & Braby, 2009 Torresitrachia crawfordi Solem, 1979 Torresitrachia darwini Willan, Köhler, Kessner & Braby, 2009 Torresitrachia funium Solem, 1981 Torresitrachia monticola Iredale, 1939 Torresitrachia regula Solem, 1979 Torresitrachia stipata Iredale, 1938 Torresitrachia thedana Solem, 1985 Torresitrachia torresiana (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1841) Torresitrachia wallacei Willan, Köhler, Kessner & Braby, 2009 Torresitrachia weaberana Solem, 1979
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