Species Excellaoma retipora (Cox, 1867)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Helix retipora Cox, J.C. 1867. Characters of four new species of Australian land shell. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1867: 39-40 [25 May 1867] [39].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) SAMA D15593 1 specimen, Flinder's Range, SA.
• Excellaoma valens Iredale, T. 1937. An annotated check list of the land shells of South and Central Australia. South Australian Naturalist 18: 6-59 [30 Sept. 1937] [21] [both SAMA and AM claim the holotype; the status of these specimens has not been resolved].

  Type data:

   Holotype SAMA D3223, Port Lincoln, SA.
  Paratype(s) SAMA D15590 1 specimen; AM C114515 2 specimens.
• Excellaoma neta Iredale, T. 1937. An annotated check list of the land shells of South and Central Australia. South Australian Naturalist 18: 6-59 [30 Sept. 1937] [21].

  Type data:

   Holotype SAMA D3234, Kangaroo Is., SA.
  Paratype(s) SAMA D15591 28 specimens; AM C60469 2 specimens.
• Excellaoma pattisonae Cotton, B.C. 1953. New Species and Records of Mollusca from South Australia. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 76: 21-26, 2 pls [25].

  Type data:

   Holotype SAMA D14451, National Park, Victoria Drive, Long Gully, SA.

 

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]
• 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. [280] (based on original descriptions and an examination of types)

 

Distribution

States

South Australia, Victoria

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • South Australia: Murray-Darling basin, S Gulfs, SE coastal
  • Victoria: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Litter, woodland.

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
03-Oct-2018	HETEROBRANCHIA	02-Jul-2018	MODIFIED	Ingo Burghardt (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri
		12-Feb-2010	(import)