Species Bothriembryon barretti Iredale, 1930
- Bothriembryon barretti Iredale, T. 1930. Notes on some desert snails. Victorian Naturalist 42: 118-120 [Nov. 1930] [119].
Type data:
Syntype(s) AM C56628 2 specimens, Nullabor Plain, SA. - Bulimus indutus pallidus Tate, R. 1879. Descriptions of new species of South Australian pulmoniferous snails. Transactions and Proceedings of the Philosophical Society of South Australia 1878–9: 133-136 [Dec. 1880] [135] [non Bullimus pallidus Adams, 1845].
Type data:
Syntype(s) AM C497 3 specimens, Bunda Plateau, Nullabor Plain, SA. - Bothriembryon barretti indictus 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] [36].
Type data:
Holotype AM C100730, Eucla, WA.
Paratype(s) AM C127539 3 specimens; AM C532 3 specimens. - Bothriembryon distinctus 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] [36].
Type data:
Holotype AM C100727, Cardanumbri, W of Eyre, WA.
Paratype(s) AM C127568 3 specimens; WAM 8873 7 specimens. - Bothriembryon multispirus Macpherson, J.H. 1951. Land Mollusca of the Russell Grimwade Expedition. Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria, Melbourne 17: 29-31 [30].
Type data:
Holotype NMV F5716, 20 miles W of Cocklebiddy Waterhole, WA.
Paratype(s) NMV F3073 2 specimens; NMV F3068 4 specimens (2 subsequently lost).
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- 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. [101] (based on an examination of types)
Distribution
States
South Australia, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Southern coast from south of Whyalla, SA across Nullabor Plain to north of Esperance, WA.
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
SA, WA: Coolgardie (COO), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Hampton (HAM), Mallee (MAL), Nullarbor (NUL)
Ecological Descriptors
Saxicoline.
Extra Ecological Information
Under rocks.
General References
Hartley, T. 1957. Bothriembryon barretti discards its epiphragm. Journal of the Malacological Society of Australia 1: 33 [33] (epiphragm)
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)