Species Coneuplecta microconus (Mousson, 1865)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Nanina microconus Mousson, A. 1865. Coquilles terrestres et fluviatiles de quelques Çles de l'Ocean Pacifique, recueillies par M. le Dr E. Graeffe. Journal de Conchyliologie 13: 164-209 [192].

  Type data:

   Neotype MNHNP 1 specimen (from material collected by Graeffe (ex Mousson Coll.)), "Vutuna" [= Futuna Is , French Polynesia].
  Syntype(s) MNHNP 2 specimens (colI. Dr E. Graeffe; types probably lost), Lomma Lomma, Vanua Mbalavu Island, Fiji;
  Status unknown, whereabouts unknown whereabouts not traced, Lomma-Lomma, Vanua Mbalavu, Lau Archipelago, Fiji.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Climo, F.M. 1979. The systematic status of some land snails mistakenly assigned to the New Zealand fauna. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 6: 407–410 [408].

  Secondary source:

   Solem, A. 1989. Non-camaenid land snails of the Kimberley and Northern Territory, Australia. I. Systematics, affinities and ranges. Invertebrate Taxonomy 2(4): 455-604 [545].
• Helix (Conulus) elleryi Brazier, J. 1875. Descriptions of eleven new species of terrestrial and marine shells from north-east Australia. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1874: 668-672 [Apr. 1875] [668] [two institutions claim the holotype; the status of these specimens has not been resolved; Solem, A. 1988. Non-camaenid land snails of the Kimberley and Northern Territory, Australia. I. Systematics, affinities and ranges. Invertebrate Taxonomy 2: 455-604 (546) infers this name is synonymous with Coneuplecta (Sitalina) microconus (Mousson, 1865), but states: "The encrusted paratype of Helix elleryi Brazier, 1875 (AM C113612) appears to be this species, but formal synonymisation must wait until topotypes can be dissected."].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1875.5.28.3*, Fitzroy Is., Qld.
  Paratype(s) AM C113612 1 specimen, Fitzroy Is., Qld.

  Secondary source:

   Solem, A. 1989. Non-camaenid land snails of the Kimberley and Northern Territory, Australia. I. Systematics, affinities and ranges. Invertebrate Taxonomy 2(4): 455-604.

 

Generic Combinations

• Eclipsena elleryi (Brazier, 1875).
• Coneuplecta microconus (Mousson, 1865).

 

Distribution

States

Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Cairns, NE Qld to Torres Strait islands, FN Qld

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Qld, WA: Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Northern Kimberley (NK), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Arboreal, dry vine thickets, rainforest.

Extra Ecological Information

Living on leaves of trees

 

General References

Köhler, F., Kessner, V. & Whisson, C. 2012. New records of non-marine, non-camaenid gastropods (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from islands off the Kimberley coast, Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 27: 21-39 [33]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
07-Feb-2014	EUCONULIDAE	07-Apr-2015	MODIFIED	Dr John Stanisic
05-Feb-2014		06-Feb-2012	MOVED
18-Jun-2010		26-Jul-2010	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)