Species Cylindrovertilla kingi (Cox, 1864)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Pupa kingi Cox, J.C. 1864. Catalogue of Australian Land Shells. Sydney : John Alex Engel 44 pp. [28].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) AM C239 1 specimen, Parramatta, NSW.
• Pupa mastersi Cox, J.C. 1864. Catalogue of Australian Land Shells. Sydney : John Alex Engel 44 pp. [29].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, whereabouts unknown presumed lost, Wollongong, NSW.
• Wallivertilla kingi negata Iredale, T. 1940. Guide to the land shells of New South Wales. Australian Naturalist 10: 227-236 [235].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C101059, Tweed River, NSW.

 

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] [303]
• Solem, A. 1991. Distribution and diversity patterns of Australian pupilloid land snails (Mollusca: Pulmonata: Pupillidae, s.l.). Veliger 34(3): 233-252 [251]

 

Generic Combinations

• Cylindrovertilla kingi (Cox, 1864).

 

Introduction

Cylindrovertilla kingi differs from C. hedleyi by its larger size and greater number of apertural barriers.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Illawarra area, NSW to Burleigh Heads, SE QLD

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, Qld: NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Dry vine thickets, litter-dwelling, riparian vegetation.

Extra Ecological Information

Living among grass

 

Diagnosis

Shell minute, translucent dark amber, ovately pupiform, sinistral; sculpture of fine crowded radial lines and wrinkles; aperture with four barriers: two palatal teeth, one parietal tooth and one columellar tooth; lip and last part of body whorl indented, imperforate; height to 2.2 mm.

 

Diagnosis References

Stanisic, J., Shea, M., Potter, D. & Griffiths, O. 2010. Australian Land Snails. A field guide to eastern Australian species. Mauritius : Bioculture Press Vol. 1 595 pp. [104]

 

General References

Stanisic, J., Shea, M., Potter, D. & Griffiths, O. 2010. Australian Land Snails. A field guide to eastern Australian species. Mauritius : Bioculture Press Vol. 1 595 pp. [104]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
24-Jul-2012		24-Jul-2012	MODIFIED
27-Jun-2012		27-Jun-2012	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)