Species Decoriropa lirata (Cox, 1864)

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Species Decoriropa lirata (Cox, 1864)

Beautiful Pinwheel Snail

Helix lirata Cox, J.C. 1864. Catalogue of Australian Land Shells. Sydney : John Alex Engel 44 pp. [38].
Type data:
Neotype AM SC427984 (Holotype SAMA D13343, Rushcutters Bay (as Long Bay), Sydney, NSW).
Status unknown, QM MO29722, Warwick Farm, Georges R banks, NSW [33°55'S, 150°56'E]; QM MO42109, Bungonia Gorge, ENE Goulburn, NSW [34°48'21"S, 150°00'47"E]; AM SC356052, Rose Bay, Sydney, NSW [33°51.75'S, 151°16.09'E]; AM SC154792, Wyanbene Caves, S of Braidwood, NSW [35°48.1'S, 149°40.9"E]; AM SC136842, Wingham Brush, Manning R, W of Taree, NSW [31°52.25'S, 152°22.85'E]; QM MO52755, Sherwood-Willi Willi Rd, W Sherwood, W Kempsey, NSW [31°03'24"S, 152°41'06"E]; QM MO64764, Wombeyan Caves, NNE Goulburn, NSW [34°18'35"S, 149°57'46"E]; AM SC154791, Bald Head, E of Smiths Lake, S of Forster, NSW [32.382°S, 152.531°E]; AM SC157311, Wingham Brush, Wingham, W of Taree, NSW [31.871°S, 152.381°E].

Generic Combinations

Egilomen lirata (Cox, 1864). —
Smith, B.J. 1992. Non-Marine Mollusca. In, Houston, W.W.K. (ed.). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Non-marine Mollusca. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service Vol. 8 xii 408 pp. [187]
Decoriropa lirata (Cox, 1864). —
Hyman, I. & Stanisic, J 2005. New charopid land snails chiefly from limestone outcrops in NSW (Eupulmonata: Charopidae). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 50: 219-302 [264, figs 10, 13-18, 20-21, 33-34, table 3]
Helix (Patula) lirata (Cox, 1864). —
Cox, J.C. 1909. An alphabetical list of Australian land shells. Sydney : Frederick W. White. [44]
Egilomen liratum (Cox, 1864). —
Iredale, T. 1937. A basic list of the land Mollusca of Australia. The Australian Zoologist 8: 287-333 [12 Mar. 1937] [328]

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Extra Distribution Information

Braidwood, SE NSW to Coffs Harbour, NE NSW

Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.

IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IBRA

NSW: NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South Eastern Highlands (SEH)

Ecological Descriptors

Dry sclerophyll forest, rainforest, subtropical rainforest, under litter, urban, vine thicket, wet sclerophyll forest, woodland.

Extra Ecological Information

The species lives in a variety of forest types. The widespread nature of the distribution and habitat preference suggests an inherent adaptability that is probably a contributing factor to the species' continued survival in suburban Sydney

General References

Cox, J.C. 1868. A Monograph of Australian Land Shells. Sydney : Maddock 111 pp. [13, pl. 8, fig. 1] (as Helix lirata)

Iredale, T. 1941. Guide to the land shells of New South Wales. Pt II. Australian Naturalist 10: 262-269 [269] (as Egilomen liratum)

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
19-Mar-2012	PUNCTOIDEA	19-Mar-2012	MOVED	Dr John Stanisic
06-Feb-2014		19-Mar-2012	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)

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