Species Bothriembryon onslowi (Cox, 1864)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Bulimus onslowi Cox, J.C. 1864. Descriptions of twenty-six new species of Australian land-shells. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 3 14: 180-185 [Sept. 1864] [185].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C84882, Dirk Hartog's Is., WA.

  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 [321].

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Dirk Hartog Is.

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: NW coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Open heath, saxicoline.

Extra Ecological Information

Under rocks.

 

General References

Breure, A.S.H. 1978. Notes on descriptions of Bulimulidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda). Zoologische Verhandelingen (Leiden) 164: 1-255 [207] (reproductive anatomy)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
04-Sep-2024	HELICINA	04-Sep-2024	MOVED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)