Species Coelocion australis (Forbes, 1851)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Balea australis Forbes, E. 1851. On the Mollusca collected by Mr MacGillivray during the voyage of the Rattlesnake. In, MacGillivray, J. (ed.). Narrative of the Voyage of the H.M.S. Rattlesnake, commanded by the late Captain Owen Stanley, during the years 1846-1850. London : T. & W. Boone Vol. 2 395 pp. [Dec. 1851] [380].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) RSM 2 specimens no number, Port Molle, QLD.

  Secondary source:

   Zilch, A. 1973. Die Typen und Typoide des Natur-Museums Senckenberg, 51: Mollusca: Achatinacea (2): Ferrussaciidae, Subulinidae. Archiv für Molluskenkunde 103: 99-152 [136].
• Coelocion exigua Adams, H. & Angas, G.F. 1868. Description of a new species of land-shell belonging to the genus, Coeliaxis, H. Ad. & Angas. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1867: 907, pl. 43 [Date published 3 Apr. 1868] [907].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, whereabouts unknown presumed lost, Port Molle, QLD.

  Type locality references:

  Iredale, T. 1937. A basic list of the land Mollusca of Australia. The Australian Zoologist 8: 287-333 [12 Mar. 1937] [307].

 

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] [306]

 

Generic Combinations

• Coelocion australis (Forbes, 1851).

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Sarina to Bowen and Whitsunday islands area, ME Qld

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Queensland: NE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Litter, rainforest, vine thicket.

Extra Ecological Information

Living amongst scree and rubble

 

History of changes

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