Genus Amimopina Solem, 1964
Treesnails
Compiler and date details
March 2012 - Dr John Stanisic
- Amimopina Solem, A. 1964. Amimopina, an Australian enid land snail. Veliger 6: 115-120 [118].
Type species:
Bulimus macleayi Brazier, 1876 by original designation. - Amimopina Iredale, T. 1933. Systematic notes on Australian land shells. Records of the Australian Museum 19: 37-59 [42] [nomen nudum].
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Solem, A. 1964. Amimopina, an Australian enid land snail. Veliger 6: 115-120 [118]
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Tropical northern Australia. Also recorded from the south coast of Papua New Guinea
IBRA
NT, Qld, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Dampierland (DL), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Northern Kimberley (NK), Pine Creek (PCK), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT)
Other Regions
Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater
Distribution References
Diagnosis
Shell medium-sized, globosely conical, thin and translucent; shell surface smooth to slightly malleated with very fine spiral lines on base, apex weakly granular; lip simple and not reflected, top of columella broad and triangular; narrowly umbilicate. Colour generally brown.
Diagnosis References
General References
Solem, A. 1964. Amimopina, an Australian enid land snail. Veliger 6: 115-120
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 [518]
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04-Apr-2012 | 05-Apr-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |