Species Candidula intersecta (Poiret, 1801)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Helix intersecta Poiret, J.L.M. 1801. Coquilles fluviatiles et terrestres observees dans le Department de l'Aisne et aux environs de Paris. Paris : Barrois 119 pp. [81].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, whereabouts unknown presumed lost, locality unknown.

  Secondary source:

   Richardson, L. 1980. Helicidae: Catalogue of species. Tryonia 3: 1-697 [89].

 

Distribution

States

South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Introduced to Australia and New Zealand.

Introduced from S Europe.

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • South Australia: Murray-Darling basin, S Gulfs, SE coastal, W plateau
  • Tasmania
  • Victoria: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Herbivore, open scrub.

Extra Ecological Information

Grazer.

 

General References

Baker, G.H. 1986. The biology and control of white snails (Mollusca: Helicidae), introduced pests in Australia. CSIRO Aust. Div. Entomol. Tech. Pap. No. 25 31 pp. (biology)

Barker, G.M. 1999. Naturalised terrestrial Stylommatophora (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Fauna of New Zealand, 38. Lincoln, Canterbury, New Zealand : Manaaki Whenua Press 253 pp. [73-75]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
05-Feb-2014	HELICOIDEA	26-Jul-2012	MODIFIED	Dr John Stanisic
		12-Feb-2010	(import)