Species Beddomeia launcestonensis (Johnston, 1879)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Amnicola launcestonensis Johnston, R.M. 1879. Further notes on the fresh-water shells of Tasmania. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1878: 19-29 [24 Feb. 1879] [24].

  Type data:

   Lectotype TMH E20499, First basin, Launceston, Tasmania.
  Paralectotype(s) TMH E494/7835 (many specimens).

  Subsequent designation references:

  Ponder, W.F., Clark, G.A., Miller, A.C. & Toluzzi, A. 1993. On a major radiation of freshwater snails in Tasmania and eastern Victoria: a preliminary overview of the Beddomeia group (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Hydrobiidae). Invertebrate Taxonomy 7: 501-750 [525].

 

Generic Combinations

• Beddomeia launcestonensis (Johnston, 1879). —
  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. [45]

 

Distribution

States

Tasmania

Extra Distribution Information

In South Esk River

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Tas: Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS)

Ecological Descriptors

Lotic freshwater, under stones.

 

General References

Ponder, W.F., Clark, G.A., Miller, A.C. & Toluzzi, A. 1993. On a major radiation of freshwater snails in Tasmania and eastern Victoria: a preliminary overview of the Beddomeia group (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Hydrobiidae). Invertebrate Taxonomy 7: 501-750 [524-530, figs 8A,B, 13, 14A, 15A,D, 16A-C,E, 17C,G, 18A-D, 22]

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. [45]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
01-Jun-2021	TRUNCATELLOIDEA	15-Feb-2012	MODIFIED	Mr Des Beechey (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM)
		12-Feb-2010	(import)