Species Glyptopupoides egregia (Hedley & Musson, 1892)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Diplommatina egregia Hedley, C. & Musson, C.T. 1892. On a collection of land and fresh water shells from Queensland. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2 6: 551-564 [Date published 23 May 1892] [561].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) AM C170703 2 specimens, Calliungal, QLD.
• Pupoides hedleyi Pilsbry, H.A. 1926. in Tryon, G.W. & Pilsbry, H.A. Manual of Conchology. Philadelphia : Conchological Department, Academy of Natural Sciences Ser. 2 Vol. 27 369 pp. [Mar. 1926] [252].

  Type data:

   Holotype UMMZ no number (Bryant Walker coll.), Bundaberg, QLD.
  Paratype(s) ANSP 134150 1 specimen.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Iredale, T. 1937. A basic list of the land Mollusca of Australia. Pt II. The Australian Zoologist 9: 1-39 [12 Nov. 1937] [1]

 

Generic Combinations

• Glyptopupoides egregia (Hedley & Musson, 1892).

 

Introduction

Glyptopupoides egregia resembles some Pupoides spp. but has an axially ribbed shell that lacks apertural barriers. Uncommon throughout its range.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Hunter Valley, NSW to Chillagoe, NE QLD. Elsewhere in the Kimberley, N WA.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, Qld, WA: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), New England Tablelands (NET), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Litter.

Extra Ecological Information

Vine thicket.

 

Diagnosis

Shell very small, waxy brown, elongately cylindrical; sculpture of moderately spaced weak axial ribs and spiral threads; aperture ovate, without any teeth or lamellae, lip moderately reflected; height to 3.7 mm.

 

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. 1989. Non-camaenid land snails of the Kimberley and Northern Territory, Australia. I. Systematics, affinities and ranges. Invertebrate Taxonomy 2(4): 455-604 [506-508]

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]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
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27-Jun-2012		18-Jul-2012	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)