Species Bothriembryon (Bothriembryon) bulla (Menke, 1843)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Bulimus bulla Menke, C.T. 1843. Molluscorum Novae Hollandiae Specimen in Libraria Aulica Hahniana. Hannoverae : Libraria Aulica Hahniana pp. 1-46. [Apr. 1843]. [7].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, whereabouts unknown presumed lost, Darling Range, WA.

  Secondary source:

   Breure, A.S.H. 1978. Notes on descriptions of Bulimulidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda). Zoologische Verhandelingen (Leiden) 164: 1-255 [203].
• Bulimus baconi Benson, W.H. 1854. Characters of a new European Pupa, and of a new Australian Bulimus. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 2 13: 97-99 [1 Feb. 1854] [99].

  Type data:

   Holotype UMZC 2397, Darling Range, WA.
• Bothriembryon inflatus conispira Pilsbry, H.A. 1900. in Tryon, G.W. & Pilsbry, H.A. Manual of Conchology. Philadelphia : Conchological Section, Academy of Natural Sciences Ser. 2 Vol. 13 253 pp. [23 Apr. 1900] [5].

  Type data:

   Lectotype ANSP 8453a, Perth, WA.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Breure, A.S.H. 1979. Systematics, phylogeny and zoogeography of Bulimulidae (Mollusca). Zoologische Verhandelingen (Leiden) 168: 1-215 [93].

  Type locality references:

  Iredale, T. 1937. A basic list of the land Mollusca of Australia. The Australian Zoologist 8: 287-333 [12 Mar. 1937] [310].
• Bothriembryon durus Kobelt, W. 1902. Die familie Buliminidae. pp. 837-1051 in Küster, H.C., Martini, F.W. & Chemnitz, J.H. (eds). Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet. Nürnberg : Bauer & Raspe Bd 1 Abt. 13. [8 Apr. 1902] [930].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, whereabouts unknown presumed lost, Australia.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Iredale, T. 1939. A review of the land Mollusca of Western Australia. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 25: 1-88 [21 Aug. 1939] [23]
• 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. [102] (based on original descriptions and an examination of types)

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Darling Ranges and surrounds.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Carnarvon (CAR), Central Kimberley (CK), Coolgardie (COO), Central Ranges (CR), Dampierland (DL), Esperance Plains (ESP), Gascoyne (GAS), Gibson Desert (GD), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Mallee (MAL), Murchison (MUR), Northern Kimberley (NK), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pilbara (PIL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Western Australia: SW coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Litter, open scrub, woodland.

 

General References

Breure, A.S.H. 1978. Notes on descriptions of Bulimulidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda). Zoologische Verhandelingen (Leiden) 164: 1-255 [202] (reproductive anatomy)

Hill, A., Johnson, M.S. & Merrifield, H. 1983. An electrophoretic and morphological examination of Bothriembryon kendricki (Pulmonata : Bulimulidae), a new species previously considered conspecific with B. bulla (Menke). Australian Journal of Zoology 31(2): 227-242 (electrophoretic and morphometric data)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
04-Dec-2018	HETEROBRANCHIA	21-Mar-2019	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)