Species Atopos australis (Heynemann, 1876)
Australian Prism Slug
- Vaginulus australis Heynemann, D.F. 1876. Beschreibung eines neuen Vaginulus. Journal des Museum Godeffroy, Hamburg 12: 159 [159].
Type data:
Status unknown, whereabouts unknown presumed lost, Gayndah, Burnett River, QLD.
Generic Combinations
- Atopos australis (Heynemann, 1876).
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Wauchope area, NSW to Cape York and Torres Strait islands, FN Qld
IBRA
NSW, Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- New South Wales: SE coastal
- Queensland: NE coastal
Ecological Descriptors
Carnivorous, rainforest, rotten logs, vine thicket.
Extra Ecological Information
Living under and in rotting logs
General References
Loch, I. 1981. A slug with an angle. Australian Shell News 33: 6 (ecology)
Odhner, N.H. 1917. Results of Dr E. Mjöbergs Swedish scientific expeditions to Australia. 1910–1913, pt XVII, Mollusca. Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Academiens Nya Handlingar, Stockholm 52(16): 1–115 pls 1–3 [Date published 19 Sept. 1917] [91] (anatomy, radula)
History of changes
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