Species Diphyoropa saturni (Cox, 1864)
Sydney Copper Pinwheel Snail
- Helix saturni Cox, J.C. 1864. Catalogue of Australian Land Shells. Sydney : John Alex Engel 44 pp. [35] [nom. nov. for Helix costulata Cox, 1864].
- Helix costulata Cox, J.C. 1864. Descriptions of twenty-six new species of Australian land-shells. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 3 14: 180-185 [Sept. 1864] [184] [non Helix costulata Lamarck, 1822].
Type data:
Syntype(s) AMS C136900 2 specimens, Darling Point, Sydney, NSW.
Generic Combinations
- Diphyoropa saturni (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 [292, figs 23, 25-28; table 5] - Egilomen saturni (Cox, 1864). —
Iredale, T. 1937. A basic list of the land Mollusca of Australia. The Australian Zoologist 8: 287-333 [12 Mar. 1937] [328] - Endodonta (Charopa) saturni (Cox, 1864). —
Cox, J.C. 1909. An alphabetical list of Australian land shells. Sydney : Frederick W. White. [69] - Dentherona saturni (Cox, 1864). —
Smith, B.J. & Kershaw, R.C. 1979. Field Guide to the Non-marine Molluscs of South-eastern Australia. Canberra : A.N.U. Press 285 pp. [173] - Dentherona (Dentherona) saturni (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]
Distribution
States
Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Victoria
Extra Distribution Information
Around Port Stephens south to Sydney region then SW to Batlow, NSW, including Canberra, ACT; introduced to Lord Howe Island and VIC
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
ACT, NSW, Vic: NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South Eastern Highlands (SEH)
Other Regions
Lord Howe Island terrestrial & freshwater, Norfolk Island terrestrial & freshwater
Ecological Descriptors
Litter, open forest.
General References
Cox, J.C. 1868. A Monograph of Australian Land Shells. Sydney : Maddock 111 pp. [14, pl. 6, fig. 11]
Iredale, T. 1941. Guide to the land shells of New South Wales. Pt II. Australian Naturalist 10: 262-269 [269] (as Egilomen saturni)
Shea, M., Colgan, D.J. & Stanisic, J. 2012. Systematics of the landsnail genus Gyrocochlea and relatives (Mollusca: Charopidae). Zootaxa 3585: 1-109 [36, Figs 10H; 12F, G; 13F, G; 15A; 16A; 17A; 27A, B]
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15-Feb-2024 | CHAROPIDAE Hutton, 1884 | 05-Sep-2024 | MODIFIED | |
| 12-Apr-2022 | HELICINA | 22-Aug-2023 | MODIFIED | |
| 06-May-2020 | STYLOMMATOPHORA | 30-Apr-2020 | MODIFIED | |
| PUNCTOIDEA | 13-Jan-2012 | ADDED | Dr John Stanisic |