Species Fastosarion superbus (Cox, 1871)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Vitrina superba Cox, J.C. 1871. Descriptions of seven new species of Australian land shells. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1871: 53-55 [12 June 1871] [54].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, whereabouts unknown presumed lost, Mt Dryander, Port Denison, QLD.

  Secondary source:

   Iredale, T. 1937. A basic list of the land Mollusca of Australia. Pt II. The Australian Zoologist 9: 1-39 [12 Nov. 1937] [9].

 

Generic Combinations

• Fastosarion superbus (Cox, 1871). —
  Iredale, T. 1937. A basic list of the land Mollusca of Australia. Pt II. The Australian Zoologist 9: 1-39 [12 Nov. 1937] [9]
• Helicarion superbus (Tryon, 1885). —
  Tryon, G.W. (ed) 1885. Manual of Conchology, Structural and Systematic, with Illustrations of the Species. Pulmonata. 2 Philadelphia : Published by the Author Vol. 1 1-364, pl. 1-60. [172]

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Mt Dryander, west of Proserpine, QLD; records from Clarke Range, W of Mackay, represent C. comerfordae (see Hyman & Köhler, 2019)

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Central Mackay Coast (CMC)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Rainforest, under litter, under logs.

Extra Ecological Information

Living in rolled-up fallen palm fronds

 

General References

Hyman, I.T. & Kohler, F. 2019. Phylogeny and systematic revision of the helicarionid semislugs of eastern Queensland (Stylommatophora, Helicarionidae). Contributions to Zoology 88: 351-451 [48]

Odhner, N.H. 1917. Results of Dr E. Mjöbergs Swedish scientific expeditions to Australia. 1910–1913, pt XVII, Mollusca. Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Academiens Nya Handlingar, Stockholm 52(16): 1–115 pls 1–3 [Date published 19 Sept. 1917] (radula)

Scott, B. 1995. Redescription of Fastosarion superba (Cox, 1871) with descriptions of two new species of Fastosarion from northern Queensland (Pulmonata: Helicarionidae). Molluscan Research 16: 69-80 [72-74]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
12-Apr-2022	HELICINA	21-Jan-2023	MODIFIED
05-Feb-2014	HELICARIONIDAE	30-Mar-2012	MODIFIED	Dr John Stanisic (BAAM)
18-Jun-2010		26-Jul-2010	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)