Species Elasmias terrestris (Brazier, 1876)
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Compiler and date details
14 March 2012 - Dr John Stanisic
- Tornatellina terrestris Brazier, J. 1876. Descriptions of thirty-five new species of land shells from New Guinea, Australia, and islands in the Torres Straits, collected during the Chevert Expedition. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 1: 98-113 [Date published July 1876] [109].
Type data:
Syntype(s) AM(MMUS) A155 4 specimens, Yule Is., New Guinea.Secondary source:
Solem, A. 1989. Non-camaenid land snails of the Kimberley and Northern Territory, Australia. I. Systematics, affinities and ranges. Invertebrate Taxonomy 2(4): 455-604 [470]. - Tornatellina eucharis Brazier, J. 1876. Descriptions of thirty-five new species of land shells from New Guinea, Australia, and islands in the Torres Straits, collected during the Chevert Expedition. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 1: 98-113 [Date published July 1876] [110].
Type data:
Syntype(s) AM(MMUS) A151 2 specimens, Barnard Is., QLD.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Solem, A. 1989. Non-camaenid land snails of the Kimberley and Northern Territory, Australia. I. Systematics, affinities and ranges. Invertebrate Taxonomy 2(4): 455-604 [470]
Generic Combinations
- Elasmias terrestris (Brazier, 1876).
Introduction
A tiny arboreal land snail occurring in closed forest in northeastern Queensland. Similar to Elasmias wakefieldiae.
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Also occurs in southern Papua New Guinea.
IBRA
NT, Qld, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Central Kimberley (CK), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Dampierland (DL), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Northern Kimberley (NK), Wet Tropics (WT)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- Northern Territory: N Gulf
- Queensland: NE coastal
- Western Australia: N coastal
Distribution References
- Solem, A. 1989. Non-camaenid land snails of the Kimberley and Northern Territory, Australia. I. Systematics, affinities and ranges. Invertebrate Taxonomy 2(4): 455-604 [470-471]
- 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. [90]
Ecological Descriptors
Arboreal, closed forest, low closed forest.
Extra Ecological Information
Lowland rainforest and littoral vine thicket; living on leaves and branches of shrubs and saplings.
Diagnosis
Shell very small, translucent golden-brown, ovately conical; sculptured with weak growth ridges and spirally incised lines; columella with a small lamella; aperture sub-ovate with a weak parietal tooth; imperforate; height 2.9 mm.
Diagnosis References
General References
Stanisic, J., Shea, M., Potter, D. & Griffiths, O. 2017. Australian Land Snails. Volume 2. A field guide to southern, central and western species. Mauritius : Bioculture Press Vol. 2 pp. 580. [for nomenclature purposes, all taxa described in this volume must be dated 2018] [54]
Common Name 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. [90] (Golden Miniature Treesnail)
History of changes
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28-Mar-2012 | 28-Mar-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
12-Feb-2010 | (import) |