Species Discocharopa aperta (Moellendorff, 1888)
Miniscule White Pinwheel Snail
- Patula aperta Moellendorff, O.F. von 1888. Von den Philippinen. Nachrichtsblatt der Deutschen Malakozooligischen Gesellschaft 20: 65-90 [89].
Type data:
Lectotype SMF 165358, Montalban, Luzon, Philippines. - Endodonta (Charopa) planorbulina Tate, R. 1896. Mollusca. pp. 181-226 in Spencer, W.B. (ed.). Report on the Work of the Horn Scientific Expedition to Central Australia. Pt 2 Zoology. London & Melbourne : Melville, Mullen & Slade. [Feb. 1896] [187].
Type data:
Holotype SAMA D3222 (damaged), Palm Creek, Krichauff Range, NT.
Paratype(s) SAMA D13345 1 specimen; AM C60466 1 specimen. - Endodonta concinna Hedley, C. 1901. Studies on Australian Mollusca. Part III. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 25: 721-732 [20 May 1901] [729] [Stanisic, J. 1990. Systematics and biogeography of eastern Australian Charopidae (Mollusca, Pulmonata) from subtropical rainforests. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 30: 1–241 (145) erroneously quoted the lectotype of Endodonta concinna Hedley, 1901 as the lectotype of Patula aperta Moellendorf, 1888].
Type data:
Lectotype AM C8970, Bundaberg, QLD.
Paralectotype(s) AM C63489 6 specimens.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Solem, A. 1984. Small land snails from Northern Australia. III. Species of Helicodiscidae and Charopidae. Journal of the Malacological Society of Australia 6(3–4): 155-179 [164]
Generic Combinations
- Discocharopa aperta (Moellendorff, 1888).
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
SE NSW northward across much of tropical Australia. Elsewhere SE Asia and the Pacific
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
NSW, NT, Qld, WA: Northern Kimberley (NK)
Ecological Descriptors
Litter-dwelling, saxicoline, vine thicket, woodland.
Extra Ecological Information
Usually on rocky outcrops
General References
Holcroft, L. & Stanisic, J. 2018. Thirteen new charopid land snails from mid-eastern Queensland rainforests (Gastropoda: Eupulmonata: Charopidae). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum - Nature 61: 155-186 [164, Fig. 4E-H]
Köhler, F., Kessner, V. & Whisson, C. 2012. New records of non-marine, non-camaenid gastropods (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from islands off the Kimberley coast, Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 27: 21-39 [32]
History of changes
Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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22-Dec-2016 | PUNCTOIDEA | 07-Apr-2015 | MODIFIED | Dr John Stanisic |
06-Feb-2014 | PUNCTOIDEA | 01-May-2012 | MODIFIED | Dr John Stanisic |
12-Feb-2010 | (import) |