Species Austrorhytida glaciamans (Iredale, 1938)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Strangesta glaciamans Iredale, T. 1938. A basic list of the land Mollusca of Australia. Pt III. The Australian Zoologist 9: 83-124 [Date published 30 Nov. 1938] [119].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C55535, Wilson's Valley, Mt Kosciusko, 5,000 ft, NSW.
  Paratype(s) AM C118189 2 specimens.

 

Generic Combinations

• Austrorhytida glaciamans (Iredale, 1938). —
  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. [126, 128, 570]

 

Introduction

Austrorhytida glaciamans is a smaller species than A. capillacea. The animal is blue-grey above with orange-cream sides. Smith (1987) considered this to be a synonym of A. capillacea a decision overturned by Stanisic et al. (2010).

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Extra Distribution Information

NE Vic to SE NSW

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW: Australian Alps (AA), South Eastern Highlands (SEH)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Subalpine, tall forest, under logs, under rocks, woodland.

 

Diagnosis

Shell medium-sized, yellowish-amber, subdiscoidal with flattened spire; protoconch with vague radial ribs and microspiral striae, teleoconch sculpture of strong regular radial ribs above; umbilicus moderately wide, U-shaped; diameter 13mm.

 

Diagnosis References

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. [128]

 

General References

Smith, B.J. 1987. Description of a new genus of carnivorous snail (Mollusca : Rhytididae). Victorian Naturalist 104(3): 86-90 [88]

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. [128]

 

Common Name References

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. [128] (Kosciuszko Carnivorous Snail)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
06-May-2020	STYLOMMATOPHORA	15-Apr-2020	MODIFIED
06-May-2020	HELICINA	15-Apr-2020	MODIFIED
		16-Apr-2012	ADDED