Subspecies Caryodes dufresnii dufresnii (Leach, 1815)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Bulimus dufresnii Leach, W.E. 1815. The Zoological Miscellany; being descriptions of new, or interesting animals. Illustrated by R.P. Nodder. London : Nodder & Son Vol. 2 154 pp. pls 61-120. [153].

  Type data:

   Neotype TMH E16803, near South Cape Bay, S TAS (as New Holland).

  Subsequent designation references:

  Kershaw, R.C. 1988. A study of the Caryodidae (Pulmonata) Part II: Caryodes dufresnii (Leach, 1815). Records of the Queen Victoria Museum, Launceston 94: 1-27 [4].

  Type locality references:

  Kershaw, R.C. 1988. A study of the Caryodidae (Pulmonata) Part I. Anoglypta launcestonensis (Reeve, 1853). Records of the Queen Victoria Museum, Launceston 93: 1-24 [57].
• Caryodes dufresnii extra Iredale, T. 1937. A basic list of the land Mollusca of Australia. Pt II. The Australian Zoologist 9: 1-39 [12 Nov. 1937] [15].

  Type data:

   Lectotype fig. 3a, pl. 7 in <1051>, Port Davey, TAS.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Kershaw, R.C. 1989. A study of the Caryodidae (Pulmonata) Part III: Subspecies of Caryodes dufresnii (Leach, 1815). Records of the Queen Victoria Museum, Launceston 97: 1-25 [6].

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Kershaw, R.C. 1989. A study of the Caryodidae (Pulmonata) Part III: Subspecies of Caryodes dufresnii (Leach, 1815). Records of the Queen Victoria Museum, Launceston 97: 1-25 [19]

 

Distribution

States

Tasmania

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Tasmania

Ecological Descriptors

Closed forest, fungivore, litter, open forest, open woodland.

Extra Ecological Information

Tall forest, grazer.

 

General References

Davies, O.B. 1914. The anatomy of Caryodes dufresnii Leach. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria ns 27: 19-24 (anatomy)

Kershaw, R.C. 1972. The mollusc Caryodes dufresnii in Tasmania. Victorian Naturalist 89: 111-118 (ecology, biology)

Kershaw, R.C. 1988. A study of the Caryodidae (Pulmonata) Part II: Caryodes dufresnii (Leach, 1815). Records of the Queen Victoria Museum, Launceston 94: 1-27 (anatomy)

Pilsbry, H.A. 1894. in Tryon, G.W. & Pilsbry, H.A. Manual of Conchology. Philadelphia : Conchological Section, Academy of Natural Sciences Ser. 2 Vol. 9 366 pp. (anatomy)

 

History of changes

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