Species Elsothera sericatula (Pfeiffer, 1849)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Helix sericatula Pfeiffer, L. 1849. Descriptions of twenty-four new species of Helicea, from the collection of H. Cuming, Esq. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1848: 126-131 [25 Apr. 1849] [127].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH 1987055, Port Jackson, NSW.
  Paralectotype(s) BMNH 1987055 3 specimens.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Stanisic, J. 1990. Systematics and biogeography of eastern Australian Charopidae (Mollusca, Pulmonata) from subtropical rainforests. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 30: 1-241 [161].
• Patula biretracta Mousson, A. 1869. Description de quelques nouvelles espèces terrestres de divers points de l'Océan Pacifique et de l'Australie. Journal de Conchyliologie 17: 55-68 [57].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, whereabouts unknown presumed lost, Wollongong, NSW.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• 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. [265]

 

Generic Combinations

• Elsothera sericatula (Pfeiffer, 1849).

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Coastal Hunter region, ME NSW to coastal SE NSW

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

NSW, Vic: Sydney Basin (SB)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
  • Victoria: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Heath, rainforest, under logs, woodland.

 

General References

Stanisic, J. 1990. Systematics and biogeography of eastern Australian Charopidae (Mollusca, Pulmonata) from subtropical rainforests. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 30: 1-241 (anatomy, radula)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
06-May-2020	STYLOMMATOPHORA	30-Apr-2020	MODIFIED
06-Feb-2014	PUNCTOIDEA	01-May-2012	MODIFIED	Dr John Stanisic
		09-Jan-2013	MODIFIED