Species Basedowena polypleura (Tate, 1899)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Angasella polypleura Tate, R. 1899. Definitions of new species of land shells from South Australia. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 23: 245-248 [Dec. 1899] [246] [pl. 6, figs. 2a-c].

  Type data:

   Lectotype SAMA D15539, Bunda Plateau, Great Australian Bight, SA.
  Paralectotype(s) SAMA D13604; AM C4365 6 specimens; SAMA D15539 2 specimens; AM C112576 4 specimens; SAMA D3145 21 specimens.
• Pleuroxia commenta Iredale, T. 1939. A review of the land Mollusca of Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 2(1): 1-88 [published 1 Aug 1939; same text re-published 21 Aug.1939 in Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 25:1–88] [55] [pl. 3, fig.26].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C56600, Hampton Tablelands, WA.
  Paratype(s) AM C64844 3 specimens.

  Secondary source:

   Solem, A. 1997. Camaenid land snails from Western and central Australia (Mollusc: Pulmonata: Camaenidae). Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 50: 1461-1906 [1500].

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Solem, A. 1997. Camaenid land snails from Western and central Australia (Mollusc: Pulmonata: Camaenidae). Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 50: 1461-1906 [1497]

 

Generic Combinations

• Basedowena polypleura (Tate, 1899). —
  Criscione, F. & Köhler, F. 2016. Phylogenetic systematics of the land snail Basedowena from the Australian arid zone: taxonomic revision with description of new taxa (Stylommatophora : Camaenidae). Invertebrate Systematics 30: 370-386 [370]

 

Distribution

States

South Australia, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Southern part of W plateau region of WA and far SW region of W plateau of SA.

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • South Australia: W plateau
  • Western Australia: W plateau

Ecological Descriptors

Saxicoline, under rocks.

 

General References

Solem, A. 1997. Camaenid land snails from Western and central Australia (Mollusc: Pulmonata: Camaenidae). Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 50: 1461-1906 [1497] (pls 178a-c, 182a-d; figs 372Aa-c, 372Bd-f, 373a-f [radula, shell, anatomy])

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
29-Nov-2016	CAMAENIDAE	17-Nov-2016	MODIFIED	Lyn Randall
05-Feb-2014	HELICOIDEA	26-Jul-2012	MODIFIED	Dr John Stanisic
		12-Feb-2010	(import)