Species Westraltrachia rotunda Solem, 1984

Museums

Regional Maps

• Westraltrachia rotunda Solem, A. 1984. Camaenid land snails from Western and Central Australia (Mollusca : Pulmonata : Camaenidae). IV. Taxa from the Kimberley, Westraltrachia Iredale, 1933 and related genera. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 17: 427-705 [593].

  Type data:

   Holotype WAM 152.80, Sta. WA-258, E bank of Brooking Gorge near entrance, NW of Fitzroy Crossing, SE Kimberley (1:100000 'Fitzroy Crossing' map sheet 4061, grid reference 688:054), WA.
  Paratype(s) WAM (numerous specimens); WAM 154.80, 153.80; FMNH 199459, 199460, 200208; AM C146086 5 specimens; AM C146087 3 specimens; AM C146088 5 specimens; AM C146098 5 specimens.

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

SE Kimberley.

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Western Australia: N coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Saxicoline.

Extra Ecological Information

Under rocks.

 

General References

Solem, A. 1984. Camaenid land snails from Western and Central Australia (Mollusca : Pulmonata : Camaenidae). IV. Taxa from the Kimberley, Westraltrachia Iredale, 1933 and related genera. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 17: 427-705

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
05-Feb-2014	HELICOIDEA	26-Jul-2012	MODIFIED	Dr John Stanisic
		12-Feb-2010	(import)