Species Cylindrovertilla hedleyi Pilsbry, 1920

Museums

Regional Maps

• Cylindrovertilla hedleyi Pilsbry, H.A. 1920. [title unknown]. In, Tryon, G.W. & Pilsbry, H.A. (eds). Manual of Conchology. Series 2. Philadelphia : Academy of Natural Sciences Vol. 26 254 pp. [46] [23 Dec. 1920].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANSP 115531, Mt Morgan (as Calliungal), QLD.
• Cylindrovertilla fabreana boynensis Iredale, T. 1937. A basic list of the land Mollusca of Australia. The Australian Zoologist 8: 287-333 [12 Mar. 1937] [303] [based on a figure of Cylindrovertilla fabreana Crosse, 1872, see Pilsbry, H.A. 1920. [title unknown]. In, Tryon, G.W. & Pilsbry, H.A. (eds). Manual of Conchology. Series 2. Philadelphia : Academy of Natural Sciences Vol. 26 254 pp.].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, Boyne Island, Port Curtis, QLD.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• 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. [566]

 

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Cylindrovertilla boynensis Iredale, 1937. —
  Smith, B.J. 1992. Non-Marine Mollusca. In, Houston, W.W.K. (ed.). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Non-marine Mollusca. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service Vol. 8 xii 408 pp. [288]

 

Introduction

Cylindrovertlla hedleyi has one less palatal tooth and a much larger parietal tooth compared to C. kingi. The species may be very common in suitable habitats.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Inland northern NSW (Narrabri) to Bakers Blue Moutain, NE QLD

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Dry vine thickets, litter-dwelling, riparian vegetation.

Extra Ecological Information

Littoral vegetation; living in grass and debris

 

Diagnosis

Shell minute, resinous translucent amber, ovately to cylindrically pupiform, sinistral; upper whorls with crowded radial riblets grading to fine granules on body whorl; aperture with three barriers: a large parietal tooth, one palatal tooth and one columellar tooth; lip and last part of body whorl indented; height 1.8mm.

 

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. [104]

 

General References

Solem, A. 1991. Distribution and diversity patterns of Australian pupilloid land snails (Mollusca: Pulmonata: Pupillidae, s.l.). Veliger 34(3): 233-252 [251]

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. [104]

 

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. [104] (Hedley's Amber Pupasnail)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
24-Jul-2012		24-Jul-2012	MODIFIED
27-Jun-2012		27-Jun-2012	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)