Species Allopeas clavulinus (Potiez & Michaud, 1838)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Bulimus clavulinus Potiez, V.L.V. & Michaud, A.L.G. 1838. Galerie des mollusques ou catalogue méthodique, descriptif et raisonné des Mollusques et Coquilles du Muséum de Douai. Paris : J.B. Baillière Vol. 1 560 pp. [136].

  Type data:

   Holotype whereabouts unknown, Reunion Is. (as Ile Bourbon), off Mauritius.
  Paratype(s) MDFR
  Comment: all known types destroyed in World War I; Naggs, F., pers. comm.

  Secondary source:

   Kerney, M.P. & Cameron, R.A.D. 1979. A Field Guide to the Land Snails of Britain and North-West Europe. London : Collins 288 pp. [212].

 

Generic Combinations

• Lamellaxis (Allopeas) clavulinus (Potiez & Michaud, 1838). —
  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]
• Allopeas clavulinus (Potiez & Michaud, 1838). —
  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. [120]

 

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Opeas javanicum auct. Rensch, 1932.

 

Introduction

Allopeas clavulinus is distinguished by a glossy, broader and smoother shell compared to that of Eremopeas tuckeri and Allopeas gracile. This introduced species is common in disturbed areas of eastern Australia, but has also managed to invade native forest (Stanisic pers. comm.).

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

ME NSW (including Lord Howe and Norfolk islands) to coastal QLD. Elsewhere coastal NT. Native to East Africa

Introduced from East Africa.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, NT, Qld: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Other Regions

Lord Howe Island terrestrial & freshwater, Norfolk Island terrestrial & freshwater

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Gardens, litter-dwelling, scrub, under debris, under logs, under rocks.

Extra Ecological Information

Parks, nurseries and wasteland

 

Diagnosis

Shell small, colourless transparent but pearly in dead shells, narrowly elongate, smooth and glossy; sutures straight; apex smooth and blunt; columella straight and entire, not truncated; imperforate; height 7-11 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. [120]

 

General References

Shea, M. 1983. A checklist of the land snails from the Sydney area. Australian Shell News 44: 6-7

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

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. [120]

 

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. [120] (Spiked Awlsnail)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
26-Jul-2012		19-Apr-2012	MOVED
03-Aug-2012		19-Apr-2012	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)