Species Amerianna cumingi (H. Adams, 1861)

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Species Amerianna cumingi (H. Adams, 1861)

Physa (Ameria) cumingi Adams, H. 1861. Descriptions of a new genus and some new species of the shells from the collection of Hugh Cuming, Esq. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1861: 143-145 [16 Sept. 1861] [144].
Type data:

Syntype(s) BMNH 1983089 3 specimens, Port Essington, NT; BMNH 1845.5.14.5–8 4 specimens, Port Essington, NT; BMNH 1845.9.24.270–279 16 specimens, Port Essington, NT.
Physa (Ameria) bonushenricus Adams, A. & Angas, G.F. 1864. Descriptions of new species of freshwater shells collected by Mr F.G. Waterhouse during J. McDonald Stuart's overland journey from Adelaide to the north-west coast of Australia. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1863: 414-418 [20 Apr. 1864] [417] [as bonus-henricus].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH 1870.10.26.191, Arnhem (as Arnheim's) Land, NT.
Paratype(s) BMNH 1870.10.26.191 1 specimen.

Distribution

States

Northern Territory

Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.

IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

IBRA

NT: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Burt Plain (BRT), Central Arnhem (CA), Channel Country (CHC), Central Ranges (CR), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Finke (FIN), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Gulf Coastal (GUC), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Sturt Plateau (STU), Tanami (TAN), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- Northern Territory: N coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Detritivore, herbivore, lentic freshwater, lotic freshwater.

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
06-Sep-2024	HETEROBRANCHIA	06-Sep-2024	MOVED
03-Oct-2018	HETEROBRANCHIA	20-Sep-2018	MODIFIED	Ingo Burghardt (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri
		12-Feb-2010	(import)

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