Genus Allopeas Baker, 1935
Awlsnails
Compiler and date details
July 2012 - Dr John Stanisic
1992 - Brian J. Smith, Museum Victoria, Melbourne
- Allopeas Baker, H.B. 1935. Jamaican land snails, 3. Nautilus 48: 83-88 [84].
Type species:
Bulimus gracilis Hutton, 1834 by original designation.
Introduction
Allopeas differs from Subulina in having an entire (not truncated) columella and more flattened whorls. Species are characterised by a having a yellow coloured body; in contrast, species of Eremopeas are white. Allopeas is endemic to east Africa, but two species, Allopeas clavulinus and Allopeas gracile, have been widely dispersed by commerce. Both species have been recorded from Australia.
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Afro-Asian tropics. Introduced elsewhere. Tropics and sub-tropics worldwide
IBRA
NSW, NT, Qld: Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), Wet Tropics (WT) ; NSW, NT, Qld, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Dampierland (DL), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)
Other Regions
Lord Howe Island terrestrial & freshwater, Norfolk Island terrestrial & freshwater, Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater
Diagnosis
Shell small, narrowly elongate, apex smooth and blunt; glossy with weak axial growth lines; sutures straight; columella entire, not truncated; imperforate. Colourless transparent to white.
Diagnosis References
General References
Smith, B.J. 1992. Non-Marine Mollusca. In, Houston, W.W.K. (ed.). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Non-marine Mollusca. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service Vol. 8 xii 408 pp. [309] (as subgenus of Lamellaxis)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 19-Apr-2012 | ADDED |