Genus Tornatellinops Pilsbry & Cooke, 1915

Museums

Regional Maps

• Tornatellinops Pilsbry, H.A. & Cooke, C.M. 1915. in Tryon, G.W. & Pilsbry, H.A. Manual of Conchology. Philadelphia : Conchological Department, Academy of Natural Sciences Ser. 2 Vol. 23 302 pp. [1 Dec. 1915] [169].

  Type species:

   Tornatellina novoseelandica Pfeiffer, 1852 by original designation.
• Pacificella Odhner, N.H. 1922. Mollusca from Juan Fernandez and Easter Island. pp. 219-254 in Skottsberg, C. (ed.). The Natural History of Juan Fernandez and Easter Island. Uppsala : Publisher unknown Vol. 3. [249].

  Type species:

   Pacificella variabilis Odhner, 1922 by monotypy.
• Tornelasmias Iredale, T. 1944. The land Mollusca of Lord Howe Island. The Australian Zoologist 10: 299-334 [10 May 1944] [308].

  Type species:

   Tornelasmias capricorni Iredale, 1944 by original designation.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Cooke, C.M. & Kondo, Y. 1960. Revision of Tornatellinidae and Achatinellidae (Gastropoda: Pulmonata). Bulletin of the Bernice P. Bishop Museum 221: 1-303 [162]
• 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.

 

Introduction

A widespread genus in the Central and Western Pacific Basin and adjacent land maseses. In Australia the genus is confined to the eastern parts of the continent.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Extralimitally is known to occur in the Central and West Pacific, Hawaii, Philippines and New Zealand.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

NSW, Qld, Tas, Vic: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Flinders (FLI), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Other Regions

Lord Howe Island terrestrial & freshwater, Norfolk Island terrestrial & freshwater, Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Lord Howe Island
  • New South Wales: SE coastal
  • Norfolk Island
  • Queensland: N Gulf, NE coastal
  • Tasmania
  • Victoria: SE coastal

Distribution References

Diagnosis

Shell very small; ovately to elongately conical; protoconch sculptured with fine incised spiral lines, teleoconch smooth; columella twisted, particularly in juveniles; aperture sub-ovate with small parietal tooth; imperforate. Colour glossy transparent brown.

 

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. [92]

 

General References

Stanisic, J., Shea, M., Potter, D. & Griffiths, O. 2017. Australian Land Snails. Volume 2. A field guide to southern, central and western species. Mauritius : Bioculture Press Vol. 2 pp. 580. [for nomenclature purposes, all taxa described in this volume must be dated 2018] [54]

 

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. (Miniature Treesnails)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
28-Mar-2012		29-Mar-2012	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)