Subgenus Bothriembryon (Bothriembryon) Pilsbry, 1894

Museums

Regional Maps

• Bothriembryon Pilsbry, H.A. 1894. Note on Liparus. Nautilus 8: 35-36 [July 1894] [36].

  Type species:

   Helix melo Quoy & Gaimard, 1832 by original designation.
• Liparus Martens, E.C. von 1860. Nachträge. In, Albers, J.C. Die Heliceen, nach natürlicher Verwandtschaft systematisch geordnet. 2. Ausgabe herausgegeben von E. von Martens. Leipzig : Verl. Wilhelm Engelman 359 pp. [229] [non Liparus Oliver, 1807].

  Type species:

   Bulimus inflatus Lamarck, 1822 by original designation.

  Secondary source:

   Kendrick, G.W. & Wilson, B.R. 1975. Nomenclatural notes on the land snail genus Bothriembryon Pilsbry, 1894 (Pulmonata : Bulimulidae), with redescriptions of the type and two other species. Records of the Western Australian Museum 3: 295-325 [312].
• Hartogembryon Iredale, T. 1933. Systematic notes on Australian land shells. Records of the Australian Museum 19: 37-59 [41].

  Type species:

   Bulimus onslowi Cox, 1864 by original designation.
• Larapintembryon Iredale, T. 1933. Systematic notes on Australian land shells. Records of the Australian Museum 19: 37-59 [41].

  Type species:

   Liparus spenceri Tate, 1894 by original designation.
• Satagembryon Iredale, T. 1933. Systematic notes on Australian land shells. Records of the Australian Museum 19: 37-59 [41].

  Type species:

   Bulimus gratwicki Cox, 1899 by original designation.
• Dialembryon 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] [16].

  Type species:

   Bulimus dux Pfeiffer, 1861 by original designation.
• Ponembryon 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] [16].

  Type species:

   Bulimus indutus Menke, 1843 by original designation.
• Telembryon 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] [16].

  Type species:

   Bulimus kingii Gray, 1825 by original designation, see Kendrick, G.W. & Wilson, B.R. 1975. Nomenclatural notes on the land snail genus Bothriembryon Pilsbry, 1894 (Pulmonata : Bulimulidae), with redescriptions of the type and two other species. Records of the Western Australian Museum 3: 295-325 [313].
• Celatembryon 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] [36].

  Type species:

   Bothriembryon distinctus Iredale, 1939 by original designation.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Breure, A.S.H. 1979. Systematics, phylogeny and zoogeography of Bulimulidae (Mollusca). Zoologische Verhandelingen (Leiden) 168: 1-215 [91]

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, South Australia, Tasmania, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

Kanmantoo (KAN) ; NT, SA, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Burt Plain (BRT), Central Arnhem (CA), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Central Kimberley (CK), Coolgardie (COO), Central Ranges (CR), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Dampierland (DL), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Gulf Coastal (GUC), 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), Murchison (MUR), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), Northern Kimberley (NK), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Pilbara (PIL), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Sturt Plateau (STU), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL) ; Tas: Flinders (FLI), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Northern Territory: W plateau
  • South Australia: S Gulfs, W plateau
  • Western Australia: NW coastal, SW coastal, W plateau

History of changes

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