Species Bothriembryon dux (Pfeiffer, 1861)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Bulimus dux Pfeiffer, L. 1861. Descriptions of forty-seven new species of land shells, from the collection of H. Cuming, Esq. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1861: 20-29 [1 May 1861] [24].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH 19598, Belladonia (as King George's Sound), WA.
  Paralectotype(s) BMNH 19599 2 specimens.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Breure, A.S.H. 1978. Notes on descriptions of Bulimulidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda). Zoologische Verhandelingen (Leiden) 164: 1-255 [203].

  Type locality references:

  Breure, A.S.H. 1978. Notes on descriptions of Bulimulidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda). Zoologische Verhandelingen (Leiden) 164: 1-255 [203].

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia

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: SW coastal, W plateau

Ecological Descriptors

Litter, open heath, open scrub, saxicoline.

Extra Ecological Information

Under rocks.

 

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)