Species Bothriembryon (Bothriembryon) mastersi (Cox, 1867)

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Species Bothriembryon (Bothriembryon) mastersi (Cox, 1867)

Bulimus mastersi Cox, J.C. 1867. Characters of four new species of Australian land shell. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1867: 39-40 [25 May 1867] [39].
Type data:
Syntype(s) SAMA D11341 1 specimen, Port Lincoln and Flinders Is., SA.
Secondary source:
Breure, A.S.H. 1978. Notes on descriptions of Bulimulidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda). Zoologische Verhandelingen (Leiden) 164: 1-255 [206].
Bothriembryon decresensis Cotton, B.C. 1940. The land shells of Kangaroo Island. South Australian Naturalist 20: 40-42 [42].
Type data:
Holotype SAMA D13773, Cape Cassini, Kangaroo Is., SA.
Paratype(s) SAMA D15588 26 specimens.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

Smith, B.J. & Kershaw, R.C. 1979. Field Guide to the Non-marine Molluscs of South-eastern Australia. Canberra : A.N.U. Press 285 pp. [264]

Distribution

States

South Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Eyre and Yorke Peninsulas and Kangaroo Is.

Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.

IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

IBRA

SA: Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Kanmantoo (KAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- South Australia: S Gulfs

Ecological Descriptors

Litter, open heath, open scrub, saxicoline.

Extra Ecological Information

Under rocks.

General References

Kershaw, R.C. 1986. Anatomical notes on the land snail Bothriembryon (Pulmonata : Bulimulidae) from South Australia and Western Australia. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 19: 327-337 (anatomy)

Stanisic, J., Shea, M., Potter, D. & Griffiths, O. 2017. Australian Land Snails. Volume 2. A field guide to southern, central and western species. Mauritius : Bioculture Press Vol. 2 pp. 580. [for nomenclature purposes, all taxa described in this volume must be dated 2018] [116]

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
04-Dec-2018	HETEROBRANCHIA	21-Mar-2019	MODIFIED
03-Oct-2018	HETEROBRANCHIA	08-Jun-2018	MODIFIED	Ingo Burghardt (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri
		12-Feb-2010	(import)

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