Species Eurytrachia mucosa (Cox, 1868)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Helix mucosa Cox, J.C. 1868. On some new species of Australian land shells. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1867: 722-726 [3 Apr. 1868] [725].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C101089, Clarence River, NSW.
• Planispira tuckeri Pilsbry, H.A. 1894. in Tryon, G.W. & Pilsbry, H.A. Manual of Conchology. Philadelphia : Conchological Section, Academy of Natural Sciences Ser. 2 Vol. 9 366 pp. [pl. 19, figs 18-19] [Pilsbry misidentified this shell as Helix tuckeri Pfeiffer, 1846].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) AM C55480 12 specimens, locality unknown.
• Planispira truculenta Hedley, C. 1912. Descriptions of some new or noteworthy shells in the Australian Museum. Records of the Australian Museum 8: 131-160 [156] [nom. nov. for Planispira tuckeri Pilsbry, 1894].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) AM C55480 (12 specimens)*, Port Curtis, QLD.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• 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. [165]

 

Generic Combinations

• Trachiopsis mucosa (Cox, 1868).
• Eurytrachia mucosa (Cox, 1868). —
  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. [394, 538]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Clarence River, NE NSW to W of Townsville, NE Qld

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: SE coastal
  • Queensland: NE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Soil dweller, under logs, under rocks, vine thicket, woodland.

Extra Ecological Information

Littoral strandline vegetation

 

General References

Solem, A. 1979. Camaenid land snails from western and central Australia (Mollusca : Pulmonata : Camaenidae) I. Taxa with trans-Australian distribution. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 10: 5-142 [114] (anatomy)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
08-Feb-2012	HELICOIDEA	08-Feb-2012	MOVED	Dr John Stanisic
05-Feb-2014		08-Feb-2012	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)