Genus Austrochloritis Pilsbry, 1890

Museums

Regional Maps

• Austrochloritis Pilsbry, H.A. 1890. in Tryon, G.W. & Pilsbry, H.A. Manual of Conchology. Philadelphia : Conchological Section, Academy of Natural Sciences Ser. 2 Vol. 6 324 pp. [262].

  Type species:

   Helix porteri Cox, 1866 by original designation.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Solem, A. 1979. Camaenid land snails from western and central Australia (Mollusca : Pulmonata : Camaenidae) I. Taxa with trans-Australian distribution. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 10: 5-142 [120]
• 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. [116] (Stanisic, J. & Potter, D., pers. comm.)
• 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. [378]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

SE Vic (Wilsons Promontory), to SE Qld; New Guinea (possibly)

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

NSW, Qld: South Eastern Queensland (SEQ) ; Vic: Flinders (FLI)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: SE coastal
  • Queensland: NE coastal
  • Victoria: SE oceanic

Diagnosis

Austrochloritis is distinguished from other sympatric camaenid land snails bearing periostracal setae by the protoconch sculpture that consists of scattered pustules and rugose ridges. Calvigenia has crowded radial ridges while other genera generally have crowded to moderately spaced pustules.

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
05-Feb-2014	HELICOIDEA	05-Feb-2014	MODIFIED	Dr John Stanisic
		08-Mar-2011	MODIFIED