Species Eremopeas tuckeri (Pfeiffer, 1846)

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• Bulimus tuckeri Pfeiffer, L. 1846. Descriptions of thirty new species of Helicea, belonging to the collection of H. Cuming, Esq. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 14: 28-34 [May 1846] [30].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH 1983067 2 specimens, Sir Charles Hardy's Ils, QLD.

  Type locality references:

  Pfeiffer, L. 1846. Symbolae ad Historiam Heliceorum. Cassellis : Fischer Vol. 3 100 pp. [30].
• Bulimus walli Cox, J.C. 1864. Catalogue of Australian Land Shells. Sydney : John Alex Engel 44 pp. [24].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, whereabouts unknown presumed lost, Kalka, Rockhampton, QLD.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Iredale, T. 1937. A basic list of the land Mollusca of Australia. The Australian Zoologist 8: 287-333 [12 Mar. 1937] [306]

 

Generic Combinations

• Eremopeas tuckeri (Pfeiffer, 1846). —
  Iredale, T. 1937. A basic list of the land Mollusca of Australia. The Australian Zoologist 8: 287-333 [12 Mar. 1937] [306]
• Prosopeas (Eremopeas) tuckeri Pfeiffer, 1846. —
  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] [120-121]

 

Introduction

Eremopeas tuckeri is similar to the introduced Allopeas gracile, but it has a narrower shell with a more bulbous, spirally sculptured protoconch and stronger, coarser, more crowded axial ribs. It also differs in being imperforate. The species is common throughout its range.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

ME NSW (Sydney) northward to FN QLD

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Other Regions

Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Detritivore, dry vine thickets, litter-dwelling, under logs, woodland.

 

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 regular arcuate growth lines; imperforate; height to 8.5 mm.

 

Diagnosis 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. [118]

 

General References

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)

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. [118]

 

History of changes

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03-Aug-2012		03-Aug-2012	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)