Species Cupedora meridionalis (Gude, 1903)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Thersites (Badistes) meridionalis Gude, G.K. 1903. Descriptions of some new forms of helicoid land-shells. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 5: 262-266 [Apr. 1903] [262] [pl. 7, figs. 5-7].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1922.8.29.63, Blinman, eastwards, SA.
  Paratype(s) FMNH 41613 1 specimen (figured in Solem, A. 1992. Camaenid land snails from southern and eastern South Australia, excluding Kangaroo Island. Pt 1. Systematics, distribution and variation. Records of the South Australian Museum, Monograph Series 2: 1–338 fig. 30 a-c).

  Type locality references:

  Iredale, T. 1938. A basic list of the land Mollusca of Australia. Pt III. The Australian Zoologist 9: 83-124 [Date published 30 Nov. 1938] [88].
• Meracomelon meridionale suspectum Iredale, T. 1937. An annotated check list of the land shells of South and Central Australia. South Australian Naturalist 18: 6-59 [30 Sept. 1937] [33] [pl. 1, fig. 27].

  Type data:

   Holotype SAMA D14173, Parachilna, Flinders Ranges, SA.
  Paratype(s) AM C95839 2 specimens; SAMA D14173 1 specimen (SAMA lists this as the holotype); SAMA D15543 1 specimen; AM C31180 1 specimen (figured in Solem, A. 1992. Camaenid land snails from southern and eastern South Australia, excluding Kangaroo Island. Pt 1. Systematics, distribution and variation. Records of the South Australian Museum, Monograph Series 2: 1–338 fig. 30d-f; listed as possible holotype in Smith, B.J. 1992. Non-Marine Mollusca. In, Houston, W.W.K (ed). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service Vol. 8 xii 408 pp. [124]).

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Solem, A. 1992. Camaenid land snails from southern and eastern South Australia, excluding Kangaroo Island. Pt 1. Systematics, distribution and variation. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) Monograph Series 2: 1-338 [71]

 

Distribution

States

South Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Total range of about 60 km by 84 km.

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • South Australia: S Gulfs

Ecological Descriptors

Saxicoline, under rocks.

 

General References

Solem, A. 1992. Camaenid land snails from southern and eastern South Australia, excluding Kangaroo Island. Pt 1. Systematics, distribution and variation. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) Monograph Series 2: 1-338 [71] (pl. 12 a-f [radula], pl. 28 e, f [shell sculpture], fig. 30 a-f, 31a, b [shell], fig. 32 a, b [genital anatomy])

 

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)