Species Bothriembryon costulata (Lamarck, 1822)
- Helix costulata Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de M. 1822. Histoire Naturelle des Animaux sans Vertèbres. Suite des Gastéropodes. Paris : J.B. Lamarck Vol. 6(2) 232 pp. [Date published Apr. 1822] [122].
Type data:
Lectotype GMNH (Lamarck coll.) 1092/65, probably Bernier Is., Shark Bay, WA.
Paralectotype(s) GMNH (Lamarck coll.) 1092/65 4 specimens.Subsequent designation references:
Mermod, G. 1951. Les types de la collection Lamarck au Muséum de Genève. Mollusques vivant. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 58: 693-752 [728].Type locality references:
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 [317].Secondary source:
Breure, A.S.H. 1978. Notes on descriptions of Bulimulidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda). Zoologische Verhandelingen (Leiden) 164: 1-255 [203]. - Helix (Cochlogena) costulata Férussac, A.E.J.P.J.F. d'A. de 1821. Tableaux Systematiques des Animaux Mollusques: suivis d'un prodrome général pour tous les mollusques terrestres ou fluviatiles vivantes ou fossiles. Paris : Bertrand xlvii 114 pp. [Jan. 1821] [58] [nom. nud. 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 (297)].
- Bulimus inflatus Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de M. 1822. Histoire Naturelle des Animaux sans Vertèbres. Suite des Gastéropodes. Paris : J.B. Lamarck Vol. 6(2) 232 pp. [Date published Apr. 1822] [122] [non Bulimus inflatus Oliver, 1801].
Type data:
Status unknown, whereabouts unknown presumed lost, Shark Bay, 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] [310]. - Bulimus (Liparus) onslowi Smith, E.A. 1894. On the land-shells of Western Australia. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 1: 84-99 [June 1894] [95] [non Bulimus onslowi Cox, 1864].
Type data:
Status unknown, whereabouts unknown presumed lost, Dirk Hartog Is., WA. - Bothriembryon onslowi minor 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] [12] [nom. nov. for Bulimus (Liparus) onslowi Smith, 1894].
- Bothriembryon melo hartogensis Kobelt, W. 1901. Die familie Buliminidae. pp. 685-836 in Küster, H.C., Martini, F.W. & Chemnitz, J.H. (eds). Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet. Nürnberg : Bauer & Raspe Vol. 1(13). [770] [19 June 1901].
Type data:
Syntype(s) SMF 205909b 1 specimen, Dirk Hartog's Is., WA.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Iredale, T. 1937. A basic list of the land Mollusca of Australia. The Australian Zoologist 8: 287-333 [12 Mar. 1937] [311]
- 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 [317]
Distribution
States
Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Kalbarri north to about Coral Bay including Shark Bay and Dirk Hartog Is., WA
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
WA: Carnarvon (CAR), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Yalgoo (YAL)
Ecological Descriptors
Open heath, open scrub, saxicoline.
Extra Ecological Information
Under rocks.