Species Paralaoma gelida Iredale, 1941

Museums

Regional Maps

• Paralaoma gelida Iredale, T. 1941. Guide to the land shells of New South Wales. Pt II. Australian Naturalist 10: 262-269 [264].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) AM C63691, Mt Kosciusko, NSW.

 

Introduction

Paralaoma gelida has more crowded radial ribs and a narrower umbilicus compared to Paralaoma caputspinulae.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Extra Distribution Information

SE NSW

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW: Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Forest, litter-dwelling, woodland.

 

Diagnosis

Shell very small, waxy brown, turbinate with relatively high dome-shaped spire; whorls rounded; protoconch with cord-like spiral lirae, adult whorls with fairly closely spaced radial ribs and growth lines and fine spiral lirae; umbilicus narrow; diameter 2.5mm.

 

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. [178]

 

General References

Shea, M. pers. comm. The Australian Faunal Directory, http://biodiversity.org.au/afd (taxonomic decision to remove Paralaoma gelida Iredale, 1941 from synonymy with Paralaoma caputspinulae (Reeve, 1851))

Smith, B.J. & Kershaw, R.C. 1979. Field Guide to the Non-marine Molluscs of South-eastern Australia. Canberra : A.N.U. Press 285 pp. [264] (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement as synonym of Paralaoma caputspinulae)

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. [178]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
06-Feb-2014	PUNCTOIDEA	05-Feb-2014	MODIFIED	Dr John Stanisic
		12-Feb-2010	(import)