Species Bothriembryon sayi (Pfeiffer, 1847)

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Species Bothriembryon sayi (Pfeiffer, 1847)

Bulimus sayi Pfeiffer, L. 1847. Descriptions of thirty eight new species of land-shells, in the collection of Hugh Cuming, Esq. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1846: 109-116 [26 Jan. 1847] [114].
Type data:
Status unknown, whereabouts unknown presumed lost, unknown, probably Cape Freycinet, WA.
Type locality references:
Iredale, T. 1937. A basic list of the land Mollusca of Australia. The Australian Zoologist 8: 287-333 [12 Mar. 1937] [312].
Bothriembryon kingii solidus 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] [9].
Type data:
Holotype AM C100722, Margaret River, WA.
Paratype(s) AM C127708 2 specimens.
Type locality references:
Iredale, T. 1937. A basic list of the land Mollusca of Australia. The Australian Zoologist 8: 287-333 [12 Mar. 1937] [312].

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] [32]

Distribution

States

Western Australia

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

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

Open scrub, saxicoline.

Extra Ecological Information

Under rocks.

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-Sep-2024	HELICINA	04-Sep-2024	MOVED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)

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