Species Austropeplea lessoni (Deshayes, 1830)
- Limnaea lessoni Deshayes, G.P. 1830. 113 pls in, Guérin-Méneville, F.E. (ed.) Magasin de Zoologie, journal destiné à Établir une correspondance entre les Zoologists de tous les pays, et à leur faciliter les moyens de publierles espèces nouvelles ou peu conneus qu'ils possedent. 2me sect. Mollusques et Zoophytes. Paris : Arthus Bertrand. [pl. 16, figs 1-2].
Type data:
Status unknown, whereabouts unknown presumed lost (possibly BMNH), Australia (as New Holland). - Limnaea perlevis Conrad, R.A. 1850. Descriptions of new species of freshwater shells. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 5: 10-11 [Feb. 1850] [11].
Type data:
Holotype ANSP 59027a, Salamanca and Balonne Rivers, NSW.
Paratype(s) ANSP 79027 6 specimens. - Amphipeplea strangei Pfeiffer, L. 1854. Zur Gattung Amphipeplea Nilss. Malakozoologische Blätter 1: 63-64 [Apr. 1854] [64].
Type data:
Syntype(s) BMNH 1983087 3 specimens, Moreton Bay, QLD. - Amphipeplea melbournensis Pfeiffer, L. 1856. Novitates Conchologicae. Series prima, Mollusca Extramarina. Beschreibung und Abbildung Neuer oder Kritischer land- und Süsswasser Mollusken. (Mit. Eischluss der Auriculaceen). Cassel : Verl. Theordor Fischer Abt. Vol. 1 98 pp. (1854-1860). [pp. 49–56: Mar. 1856; pp. 57–68: May 1856; pp. 69–78: Aug. 1856; pp. 79–90: Dec. 1856] [70, pl. 19, figs 14-15] [Johnson, R.I. 1969. Pfeiffer's Novitates Conchologicae, Series 1, Land Mollusca, 1854–1879, and Dunker's Novitates Conchologicael, Series II, Marine Mollusca, 1862–1882. A complete collation. Journal of the Society for the Bibliography of Natural History 5: 236–239 [236]].
Type data:
Syntype(s) BMNH 1983088 3 specimens, near Melbourne, VIC. - Limnaea affinis Küster, H.C. 1862. Die Gattungen Limnaeus, Amphipeplea, Chilina, Isidora und Physopsis. pp. 1-48 in Küster, H.C., Martini, F.W. & Chemnitz, J.H. (eds). Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet. Nürnberg : Bauer & Raspe Bd 1 Abt. 17b. [55, pl. 12, figs 5-6].
Type data:
Status unknown, whereabouts unknown presumed lost (possibly ZMB), Australia. - Amphipeplea vinosa 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] [415].
Type data:
Syntype(s) BMNH 1870.10.26.182 3 specimens, tributary of Adelaide River, Arnhem Land (as Arnheim's Land), NT. - Amphipeplea phillipsi 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] [416].
Type data:
Syntype(s) BMNH 1870.10.26.181 3 specimens, Arnhem Land (as Arnheim's Land), NT. - Amphipeplea iuvoluta Schmeltz, J.D.K. 1869. Museum Godeffroy. Catalog 4. Hamburg : Wilhelm Mauke Söhne xxxix 141 pp. [69] [nom. nud., see Hubendick, B. 1951. Recent Lymnaeidae, their variation, morphology, taxonomy, nomenclature and distribution. Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar 4 3(1): 1–223 (207, 191)].
- Limnaea angasi Sowerby, G.B. 1872. Monograph of the genus Limnaea. pls 1-15. In, Reeve, L.A. (ed.). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 18. [sp. 12, pl. 2, fig. 11].
Type data:
Syntype(s) BMNH 1872.5.18.9 3 specimens, Port Darwin, NT. - Limnaea cumingii Sowerby, G.B. 1872. Monograph of the genus Limnaea. pls 1-15. In, Reeve, L.A. (ed.). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 18. [sp. 38, pl. 6, fig. 38].
Type data:
Status unknown, whereabouts unknown presumed lost (possibly BMNH), Australia. - Limnaea globosa Sowerby, G.B. 1872. Monograph of the genus Limnaea. pls 1-15. In, Reeve, L.A. (ed.). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 18. [sp. 84, pl. 12, fig. 84].
Type data:
Syntype(s) BMNH 1841.4.28.98–99 2 specimens, Australia. - Limnaea deshayesii Sowerby, G.B. 1872. Monograph of the genus Limnaea. pls 1-15. In, Reeve, L.A. (ed.). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 18. [sp. 95, pl. 14, fig. 95].
Type data:
Syntype(s) BMNH 1846.10.7.19–21 3 specimens, Cornet Creek and Roper's Lake, NT.Type locality references:
Smith, E.A. 1882. On the freshwater shells of Australia. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 16: 255-316 [272]. - Limnaea spirulata Sowerby, G.B. 1872. Monograph of the genus Limnaea. pls 1-15. In, Reeve, L.A. (ed.). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 18. [sp. 106].
Type data:
Syntype(s) BMNH 1950.5.16.7–10 4 specimens, Australia. - Amphipeplea queenslandica Clessin, S. 1886. Die Familie der Limnaeiden enthaltend die Genera Planorbis, Limnaeus, Physa und Amphipeplea. pp. 311-430 in Küster, H.C., Martini, F.W. & Chemnitz, J.H. (eds). Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet. Nürnberg : Bauer & Raspe Bd 1 Abt. 17. [405, pl. 53, fig. 2] [nom. nov. for Amphipeplea iuvoluta Schmeltz, 1869].
- Peplimnea lilimera Iredale, T. 1943. A basic list of the freshwater Mollusca of Australia. The Australian Zoologist 10(2): 188-230 [212].
Type data:
Holotype AM C100607, Burdekin River, QLD.
Paratype(s) AM C118660 18 specimens. - Peplimnea vinolenta Iredale, T. 1943. A basic list of the freshwater Mollusca of Australia. The Australian Zoologist 10(2): 188-230 [213].
Type data:
Syntype(s) AM C2161, Palm Creek, Darwent River, NT. - Peplimnea caurina Iredale, T. 1943. A basic list of the freshwater Mollusca of Australia. The Australian Zoologist 10(2): 188-230 [213].
Type data:
Syntype(s) AM C79556 25 specimens, Lennard River, WA. - Peplimnea lessoni thema Iredale, T. 1944. Guide to the freshwater shells of New South Wales. Pt II. Australian Naturalist 11: 113-127 [Aug. 1944] [118].
Type data:
Syntype(s) AM C30983 15+ specimens, Cobar, NSW. - Peplimnea opima Iredale, T. 1944. Guide to the freshwater shells of New South Wales. Pt II. Australian Naturalist 11: 113-127 [Aug. 1944] [118].
Type data:
Syntype(s) AM C100761 2 specimens, Hornsby, NSW. - Peplimnea spiriger Iredale, T. 1944. Guide to the freshwater shells of New South Wales. Pt II. Australian Naturalist 11: 113-127 [Aug. 1944] [118].
Type data:
Syntype(s) AM C100609 9 specimens, Glen Innes, NSW.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Hubendick, B. 1951. Recent Lymnaeidae, their variation, morphology, taxonomy, nomenclature and distribution. Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Academiens Nya Handlingar, Stockholm 4 3(1): 1-223 [178]
Distribution
States
Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia
IBRA
ACT, NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Burt Plain (BRT), Central Arnhem (CA), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Coolgardie (COO), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Sturt Plateau (STU), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- Australian Capital Territory: Murray-Darling basin
- New South Wales: Bulloo River basin, Lake Eyre basin, Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
- Northern Territory: Lake Eyre basin, N Gulf, N coastal, W plateau
- Queensland: Bulloo River basin, Lake Eyre basin, Murray-Darling basin, N Gulf, NE coastal
- South Australia: Lake Eyre basin, Murray-Darling basin, S Gulfs, SE coastal, W plateau
- Victoria: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
- Western Australia: N coastal, NW coastal, W plateau
Ecological Descriptors
Detritivore, lentic freshwater, lotic freshwater, swamp.
General References
Köhler, F., Kessner, V. & Whisson, C. 2012. New records of non-marine, non-camaenid gastropods (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from islands off the Kimberley coast, Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 27: 21-39 [24]
Shea, M. 1995. Freshwater Molluscs of Sydney. Australian Shell News 88: 4-6 [4]
History of changes
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