Family CORILLIDAE
Introduction
This family is characterised by a very small to medium shell, discoidal or planispiral, usually with a wide open umbilicus. The shell is dextral or sinistral and numbers of whorls vary from four to eight. The lip of the shell is usually thickened and the aperture has teeth or lamellae.
The family contains five genera and only a single species has been recorded from Australia,. It is known only from a few localities in the Wet Tropics of north-eastern Queensland.
McMichael (1959) considered C. pricei a possible helicarionid because of its reduced sculpture. Solem (1973) provided detailed information on shell, radula and reproductive anatomy of C. pricei and placed it in Camaenidae. Tillier (1989) placed the species in the Corillidae because it lacks an oesphageal crop, absent in all corillids but present in camaenids. Smith (1992) retained the species in Camaenidae.
General References
McMichael, D.F. 1959. A new genus and species of land snail from Nth. Queensland. Journal of the Malacological Society of Australia 1: 31-32 [13 Nov. 1959]
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.
Solem, A. 1973. Convergence in pulmonate radulae. Veliger 15: 165-171
Stanisic, J. 1998. Family Corillidae. pp. 1110-1112 in Beesley, P.L., Ross, G.J.B. & Wells, A. (eds). Mollusca: The Southern Synthesis. Fauna of Australia. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing Vol. 5(Part B) pp. vi–viii, 565–1234.
Tillier, S. 1989. Comparative morphology, phylogeny and classification of land snails and slugs (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Stylommatophora). Malacologia 30: 1-303
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |
- Craterodiscus McMichael, D.F. 1959. A new genus and species of land snail from Nth. Queensland. Journal of the Malacological Society of Australia 1: 31-32 [13 Nov. 1959] [31].
Type species:
Craterodiscus pricei McMichael, 1959 by monotypy.
Distribution
States
Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Wet Tropics, NE Qld
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- Queensland: NE coastal
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05-Feb-2014 | PLECTOPYLOIDEA | 26-Jul-2012 | MODIFIED | Dr John Stanisic |
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |
- Craterodiscus costulatus Stanisic, J. in Stanisic, J., Shea, M., Potter, D. & Griffiths, O. 2010. Australian Land Snails. A field guide to eastern Australian species. Mauritius : Bioculture Press Vol. 1 595 pp. [374, 554] [etymology: from the Latin costa = rib, referring to the prominent radial sculpture].
Type data:
Holotype QM MO34651, Chujeba Peak, 7km S of Redlynch, NE Queensland, summit, 1000m [16°56'40"S, 145°39'19"E].
Paratype(s) QM MO78511; AM SC206461.
Distribution
States
Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Lamb Range and Isley Hills, SW of Cairns, NE Qld
Ecological Descriptors
Rainforest, under logs.
Extra Ecological Information
Mid-altitude rainforests
Common Name References
Stanisic, J., Shea, M., Potter, D. & Griffiths, O. 2010. Australian Land Snails. A field guide to eastern Australian species. Mauritius : Bioculture Press Vol. 1 595 pp. [374] (Yellow Discus-snail)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PLECTOPYLOIDEA | 28-Jan-2012 | ADDED | Dr John Stanisic |
- Craterodiscus pricei McMichael, D.F. 1959. A new genus and species of land snail from Nth. Queensland. Journal of the Malacological Society of Australia 1: 31-32 [13 Nov. 1959] [31].
Type data:
Holotype AM C62650, Hypipamee Crater, Atherton Tableland, QLD.
Paratype(s) AM C62651 5 specimens.
Distribution
States
Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Atherton Tableland, NE Qld
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- Queensland: NE coastal
Ecological Descriptors
Rainforest, under debris, under litter, under rocks.
Extra Ecological Information
On volcanic rubble
General References
Solem, A. 1973. Craterodiscus McMichael, 1959, a camaenid land shell from Queensland. Journal of the Malacological Society of Australia 2: 377-385 [378] (anatomy, radula)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05-Feb-2014 | PLECTOPYLOIDEA | 26-Jul-2012 | MODIFIED | Dr John Stanisic |
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |