Species Allochroa layardi (H. & A. Adams, 1855)

Museums

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• Ophicardelus (Laimodonta) layardi Adams, H. & Adams, A. 1855. Contributions towards the natural history of the Auriculidae, a family of pulmoniferous Mollusca; with descriptions of many new species from the Cumingian collection. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1854: 30-37 [10 Jan. 1855] [35].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH 196980 3 specimens, Sri Lanka (as Ceylon).
• Laimodonta conica Pease, W.H. 1863. Description of new species of marine shells from the Pacific Islands. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1862: 278-280 [242].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH 1964292, Pacific Islands.
  Paralectotype(s) BMNH 1964293 5 specimens.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Kay, E.A. 1965. Marine Molluscs in the Cuming collection, British Museum (Natural History) described by William Harper Pease. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zoology suppl. 1: 1-96, pls 1-14.
• Laimodonta anaaensis Mousson, A. 1869. Description de quelques nouvelles espèces terrestres de divers points de l'Océan Pacifique et de l'Australie. Journal de Conchyliologie 17: 55-68 [63].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, whereabouts unknown (possibly MNHP), Anaa Island, Paumotu group.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Martins, A.M. d. F. 1995. Systematic revision of Allochroa Ancey, 1887 (Pulmonata: Ellobiidae), with an account of the anatomy of Allochroa layardi (H. and A. Adams) and the description of two new species. Nautilus 109(1): 1-13 [5]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-Pacific: Mauritius to Hawaii.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

NSW, NT, Qld, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Burt Plain (BRT), Central Arnhem (CA), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Coolgardie (COO), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Finke (FIN), Gascoyne (GAS), Gibson Desert (GD), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Sturt Plateau (STU), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: SE coastal
  • Northern Territory: N Gulf, N coastal
  • Queensland: NE coastal
  • Western Australia: N coastal, NW coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Littoral, supralittoral.

 

General References

Martins, A.M. d. F. 1995. Systematic revision of Allochroa Ancey, 1887 (Pulmonata: Ellobiidae), with an account of the anatomy of Allochroa layardi (H. and A. Adams) and the description of two new species. Nautilus 109(1): 1-13 [5-8]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
		12-Feb-2010	(import)