Species Eremopeas interioris (Tate, 1894)
Outback Awlsnail
Compiler and date details
July 2012 - Dr John Stanisic
1992 - Brian J. Smith, Museum Victoria, Melbourne
- Stenogyra interioris Tate, R. 1894. Brief diagnoses of Mollusca from Central Australia. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 18: 191-194 [Nov. 1894] [191].
Type data:
Holotype SAMA D13319, Harts Range to Stokes Pass and McDonnell Range to Ilpilla Gorge, NT.
Paratype(s) SAMA D3194 25+ specimens; NMV F30064 7 specimens; AM C60462 2 specimens; AM C2186 16 specimens.Type locality references:
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] [203].
Generic Combinations
- Pseudopeas (Eremopeas) interioris (Tate, 1894). —
Pilsbry, H.A. 1906. in Tryon, G.W. & Pilsbry, H.A. (eds) Manual of Conchology. Philadelphia : Conchology Dept. Academy Natural Sciences Ser 2 Vol. 18. 357 pp. 51 pls [10 Apr. 1906] [120] - Eremopeas interioris (Tate, 1894). —
Iredale, T. 1937. A basic list of the land Mollusca of Australia. The Australian Zoologist 8: 287-333 [12 Mar. 1937] [306]
Introduction
Eremopeas interioris inhabits some of the driest landscapes in outback and western Australia. It differs from the eastern Eremopeas tuckeri in having a generally taller and more slender shell with prominent axial sculpture.
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
NT, Qld, SA, WA: Carnarvon (CAR), Daly Basin (DAB), Dampierland (DL), Finke (FIN), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Northern Kimberley (NK), Pilbara (PIL), Sturt Plateau (STU), Victoria Bonaparte (VB)
Distribution References
Ecological Descriptors
Open scrub.
Extra Ecological Information
Feeds on dead vegetable matter.
Diagnosis
Shell small, colourless translucent to dull white, very narrowly elongate; sutures crenulated and strongly impressed; blunt nipple-like apex sculptured with fine spiral lines, teleoconch sculpture of prominent coarse axial sculpture; umbilicus a slight chink; height to 10.5 mm.
Diagnosis 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 [526]
General References
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 [31]
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. [308]
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 (anatomy)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03-Aug-2012 | 07-Apr-2015 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |