Genus Dentherona Iredale, 1933

Museums

Regional Maps

• Dentherona Iredale, T. 1933. Systematic notes on Australian land shells. Records of the Australian Museum 19: 37-59 [53] [an available name from this publication].

  Type species:

   Helix dispar Brazier, 1871 by original designation.
• Dentherona Kershaw, R.C. 1956. Studies on Australian Charopidae. Part 4. Convex genera. Victorian Naturalist 73: 7-9 [8] [junior homonym; Smith (1992) considered Dentherona Iredale 1933 nomen nudum in lacking a description however a brief description that satisfies Article 13.1 of the Code was included in Iredale (1933) - See Köhler & Bouchet (2020) for details].

  Type species:

   Helix (?Charopa) dispar Brazier, 1871 by original designation.

  Secondary source:

   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. [184].

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Köhler, F. & Bouchet, P. 2020. On unavailable genus-group names introduced by Tom Iredale for Australian non-marine gastropods: nomenclatural clarifications and descriptions of new genera. Molluscan Research 40(2): 150-159 [156]

 

Distribution

States

Tasmania

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Tas: King (KIN), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE)

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
15-Feb-2024	CHAROPIDAE Hutton, 1884	05-Sep-2024	MODIFIED
06-Feb-2014	PUNCTOIDEA	06-Feb-2014	MODIFIED	Dr John Stanisic
		12-Feb-2010	(import)