• Glyptophysa Crosse, H. 1872. Descriptions d'un genre nouveau et d'espèces inédites, provenant de la Nouvelle-Calédonie. Journal de Conchyliologie 20: 148-154 [151].

  Type species:

   Physa petiti Crosse, 1872 by monotypy.
• Physastra Tapparone-Canefri, C. 1883. Fauna malacologica delle Nuova Guinea e delle Isole adiacenti. Parte I. Molluschi estramarini. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale, Genova 19: 1-313 [5 July 1883] [245].

  Type species:

   Physastra vestita Tapparone-Canefri, 1883 by original designation.
• Lenameria Iredale, T. 1943. A basic list of the freshwater Mollusca of Australia. The Australian Zoologist 10(2): 188-230 [215].

  Type species:

   Physa gibbosa Gould, 1848 by original designation.
• Glyptamoda Iredale, T. 1943. A basic list of the freshwater Mollusca of Australia. The Australian Zoologist 10(2): 188-230 [220].

  Type species:

   Physa aliciae Reeve, 1862 by original designation.
• Tasmadora Iredale, T. 1943. A basic list of the freshwater Mollusca of Australia. The Australian Zoologist 10(2): 188-230 [221].

  Type species:

   Physa aperta Sowerby, 1874 by original designation.
• Mutalena Iredale, T. 1944. Guide to the freshwater shells of New South Wales. Pt II. Australian Naturalist 11: 113-127 [Aug. 1944] [121] [nomen nudum; unavailable, no type species designated, see Köhler & Bouchet (2020)].

  Type species:

   Mutalena reperta Iredale, 1944 by original designation.

  Secondary source:

   Köhler, F. & Bouchet, P. 2020. On unavailable genus-group names introduced by Tom Iredale for Australian non-marine gastropods: nomenclatural clarifications and descriptions of new genera. Molluscan Research 40(2): 150-159 [153].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Walker, J.C. 1988. Classification of Australian buliniform planorbids (Mollusca: Pulmonata). Records of the Australian Museum 40: 61-89 [72]

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

New Guinea, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Moluccas, Philippines, Sumatra, Malaysia and islands of the S Pacific east to Tahiti.

IBRA

ACT, NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Central Arnhem (CA), Channel Country (CHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gawler (GAW), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Pine Creek (PCK), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Stony Plains (STP), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Wet Tropics (WT) ; NSW, NT, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Burt Plain (BRT), Carnarvon (CAR), Central Kimberley (CK), Coolgardie (COO), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Esperance Plains (ESP), Gascoyne (GAS), Gibson Desert (GD), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mallee (MAL), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Murchison (MUR), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Sturt Plateau (STU), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
  • Northern Territory: N coastal
  • South Australia: Murray-Darling basin, S Gulfs, SE coastal
  • Tasmania
  • Victoria: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
  • Western Australia: N coastal, NW coastal, SW coastal

Distribution References

History of changes

• Physa (Ameria) aliciae Reeve, L.A. 1862. On a new form of Physa, of the section Ameria, received from George French Angas Esq., of Angaston, South Australia, corresponding member of the Society. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1862: 105-107 [1 June 1862] [106].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH 1870.10.26.186 6 specimens, Lower Murray River, SA.
• Physa cingulata Clessin, S. 1886. Die Familie der Limnaeiden enthaltend die Genera Planorbis, Limnaeus, Physa und Amphipeplea. pp. 311-430 in Küster, H.C., Martini, F.W. & Chemnitz, J.H. (eds). Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet. Nürnberg : Bauer & Raspe Bd 1 Abt. 17. [364].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, whereabouts unknown presumed lost (possibly ZMB), SA.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Iredale, T. 1943. A basic list of the freshwater Mollusca of Australia. The Australian Zoologist 10(2): 188-230 [220]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia, Victoria

IBRA

NSW, SA, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Channel Country (CHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gawler (GAW), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Kanmantoo (KAN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

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

Ecological Descriptors

Detritivore, herbivore, lentic freshwater, lotic freshwater.

General References

Walker, J.C. 1988. Classification of Australian buliniform planorbids (Mollusca: Pulmonata). Records of the Australian Museum 40: 61-89 (anatomy)

History of changes

• Physa georgiana Quoy, J.R.C & Gaimard, J.P. 1832. Voyage de Découvertes de l'Astrolabe exécuté par Ordre du Roi, Pendant les Années 1826-1827-1828-1829, sous le commandement de M.J. Dumont d'Urville. Zoologie. Paris : J. Tastu Vol. 2 320 pp. [207-208, pl. 58, figs. 23-24].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) MNHP no number 1 specimen, King George (as George's) Sound, WA.
• Physa australis Küster, H.C. 1844. Die familie der Limnaeiden enthaltend die genera Planorbis, Limnaeus, Physa und Amphipeplea. pp. 9-20 in Küster, H.C., Martini, F.W. & Chemnitz, J.H. (eds). Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet. Nürnberg : Bauer & Raspe Bd 1 Abt. 17. [9].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, whereabouts unknown presumed lost (possibly ZMB), WA.
• Physa breviculmen Smith, E.A. 1882. On the freshwater shells of Australia. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 16: 255-316 [290].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH 1879.5.21.722–7 6 specimens, King George (as George's) Sound, WA.
• Physa tenuilirata Smith, E.A. 1882. On the freshwater shells of Australia. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 16: 255-316 [291].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH 1983092 4 specimens, Swan River, WA.
• Isidora decorata Michaelsen, W. & Hartmayer, R. (eds) 1930. Die Fauna Südwest-Australiens. Jena : Gustav Fischer Vol. 5. [587].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, whereabouts unknown presumed lost (possibly ZMB), Brancaster, WA.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Iredale, T. 1943. A basic list of the freshwater Mollusca of Australia. The Australian Zoologist 10(2): 188-230 (p. 217 as Glyptophysa (Glyptophysa) georgiana, p. 218 as Glyptophysa (Glyptophysa) tenuilirata)
• Shea, M. pers. comm. The Australian Faunal Directory, http://biodiversity.org.au/afd

Distribution

States

Western Australia

IBRA

WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Carnarvon (CAR), Central Kimberley (CK), Coolgardie (COO), Central Ranges (CR), Dampierland (DL), Esperance Plains (ESP), Gascoyne (GAS), Gibson Desert (GD), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Mallee (MAL), Murchison (MUR), Northern Kimberley (NK), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pilbara (PIL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Western Australia: SW coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Detritivore, herbivore, lentic freshwater, lotic freshwater.

History of changes

• Physa novaehollandica Bowdich, T.E. 1822. Elements of Conchology, including the fossil genera and animals. Part 1. Univalves. Paris : Smith pp. i-xi, 14-73, index 1-3, 19 pls, 2 tables. [pl. 6, fig. 13] [as Physa n. hollandica].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, whereabouts unknown presumed lost (possibly MNHP), locality unknown.
• Physa novaehollandiae Lesson, R.P. 1831. Chap. XI. Mollusques, Annelides et Vers. pp. 239–471in, Voyage Autour du Monde Executé par Ordre du Roi, sur la Corvette de Sa Majesté, La Coquille, pendant les années 1822, 1823, 1824 et 1825. Zoologie. Paris : Bertrand Vol. 2(1). [332] [non Physa novaehollandiae Blainville, 1825; probably referable to Glyptophysa (Glyptophysa)].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) MNHP no number 6 specimens, Macquarie River at Bathurst, NSW.
• Physa novaehollandiae Gray, J.E. in Griffith, E. & Pidgeon, E. 1833. The Mollusca and Radiata. in Cuvier, G.L.C.F.D. (ed.) The Animal Kingdom. 1st Edn London : Whittaker & Co. Vol.12 601 pp. [pl. 27, fig. 4] [non Physa novaehollandiae Blainville, 1825; probably referable to Glyptophysa (Glyptophysa)].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH 1841.4.28.265–8 4 specimens, Australia (as New Holland).
• Physa ludwigii Küster, H.C. 1844. Die familie der Limnaeiden enthaltend die genera Planorbis, Limnaeus, Physa und Amphipeplea. pp. 9-20 in Küster, H.C., Martini, F.W. & Chemnitz, J.H. (eds). Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet. Nürnberg : Bauer & Raspe Bd 1 Abt. 17. [21].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, whereabouts unknown presumed lost (possibly ZMB), Australia (as New Holland).
• Physa gibbosa Gould, A. 1846. Descriptions of the following species of Physa, from the collection of the Exploring Expedition. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 2: 214-215 [214].

  Type data:

   Holotype USNM 5539, Parramatta, NSW.
  Paratype(s) MCZ 169171 1 specimen.

  Type locality references:

  Iredale, T. 1943. A basic list of the freshwater Mollusca of Australia. The Australian Zoologist 10(2): 188-230 [215].

  Secondary source:

   Johnson, R.I. 1964. The recent Mollusca of Augustus Addison Gould: Illustrations of the types described by Gould with a bibliography and catalog of his species. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 239: 1-182 [83].
• Physa australiana Conrad, R.A. 1850. Descriptions of new species of freshwater shells. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 5: 10-11 [Feb. 1850] [11] [probably referable to Glyptophysa (Glyptophysa)].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANSP 21889a, Bogan River, NSW.
  Paratype(s) ANSP 21889 1 specimen; AM C106615 1 specimen.

  Secondary source:

   Baker, H.B. 1964. Type land snails in the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. Pt. III. Limnophile and Thalassophile Pulmonata. Pt IV. Land and fresh-water Prosobranchia. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 116: 149-193 [156].
• Physa pectorosa Conrad, R.A. 1850. Descriptions of new species of freshwater shells. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 5: 10-11 [Feb. 1850] [11].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANSP 21894a, Bogan River, NSW.
  Paratype(s) ANSP 21894 6 specimens.
• Physa badia Adams, A. & Angas, G.F. 1864. Descriptions of new species of freshwater shells collected by Mr F.G. Waterhouse during J. McDonald Stuart's overland journey from Adelaide to the north-west coast of Australia. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1863: 414-418 [20 Apr. 1864] [416].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH 1870.10.26.190 3 specimens, Adelaide River, NT.
• Physa concinna Adams, A. & Angas, G.F. 1864. Descriptions of new species of freshwater shells collected by Mr F.G. Waterhouse during J. McDonald Stuart's overland journey from Adelaide to the north-west coast of Australia. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1863: 414-418 [20 Apr. 1864] [417] [probably referable to Glyptophysa (Glyptophysa)].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH 1870.10.26.188 2 specimens, Arnhem (as Arnheim's) Land, NT.
• Physa olivacea Adams, A. & Angas, G.F. 1864. Descriptions of new species of freshwater shells collected by Mr F.G. Waterhouse during J. McDonald Stuart's overland journey from Adelaide to the north-west coast of Australia. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1863: 414-418 [20 Apr. 1864] [417] [probably referable to Glyptophysa (Glyptophysa)].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1870.10.26.189, Arnhem (as Arnheim's) Land, NT.
• Physa aciculata Sowerby, G.B. 1873. Monograph of the genus Physa. pls 2–10. In, Reeve, L.A. (ed.). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 19. [pl. 8. sp. 59] [Apr. 1873; probably referable to Glyptophysa (Glyptophysa)].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, whereabouts unknown presumed lost (possibly BMNH), NSW.
• Physa dispar Sowerby, G.B. 1873. Monograph of the genus Physa. pls 2–10. In, Reeve, L.A. (ed.). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 19. [pl. 8, sp. 66] [Apr. 1873; probably referable to Glyptophysa (Glyptophysa)].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, whereabouts unknown presumed lost (possibly BMNH), Sydney, NSW.
• Physa pyramidata Sowerby, G.B. 1873. Monograph of the genus Physa. pls 2–10. In, Reeve, L.A. (ed.). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 19. [pl. 8, sp. 62] [Apr. 1873].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) BMNH 1842.7.9.85 1 specimen, Flinders Is., TAS; BMNH 1850.12.28.147–152 6 specimens, Flinders Is., TAS.

  Type locality references:

  Iredale, T. 1943. A basic list of the freshwater Mollusca of Australia. The Australian Zoologist 10(2): 188-230 [218].
• Physa subundata Sowerby, G.B. 1873. Monograph of the genus Physa. pls 2–10. In, Reeve, L.A. (ed.). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 19. [pl. 8, sp. 61] [Apr. 1873; probably referable to Glyptophysa (Glyptophysa)].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, whereabouts unknown presumed lost (possibly BMNH), St Margaret's, SA.
• Physa tenuistrata Sowerby, G.B. 1873. Monograph of the genus Physa. pls 2–10. In, Reeve, L.A. (ed.). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 19. [pl. 10, sp. 85] [Apr. 1873; probably referable to Glyptophysa (Glyptophysa)].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, whereabouts unknown presumed lost (possibly BMNH), River Torrens, SA.
• Aplexa adamsiana Tapparone-Canefri, C. 1874. Malacologia. pp. 1–161in, Zoologia del Viaggio Intorno al Globo della Regia Fregata Magenta durante gli anni 1865–68. Torino : Fratelli Doyen. [103] [probably referable to Glyptophysa (Glyptophysa)].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, MCG presumed lost, Sydney, NSW.

  Type locality references:

  Iredale, T. 1943. A basic list of the freshwater Mollusca of Australia. The Australian Zoologist 10(2): 188-230 [219].
• Physa aperta Sowerby, G.B. 1874. Monograph of the genus Physa. pls 1, 11–12. In, Reeve, L.A. (ed.). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 19. [pl. 11, sp. 88] [Nov. 1874; probably referable to Glyptophysa (Glyptophysa)].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH 1875.1.1.11 3 specimens, Hamilton, TAS.

  Type locality references:

  Iredale, T. 1943. A basic list of the freshwater Mollusca of Australia. The Australian Zoologist 10(2): 188-230 [221].
• Physa attenuata Sowerby, G.B. 1874. Monograph of the genus Physa. pls 1, 11–12. In, Reeve, L.A. (ed.). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 19. [pl. 12, sp. 94] [Nov. 1874; probably referable to Glyptophysa (Glyptophysa)].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, whereabouts unknown presumed lost (possibly BMNH), Dulverton Lake, TAS.
• Physa bullata Sowerby, G.B. 1874. Monograph of the genus Physa. pls 1, 11–12. In, Reeve, L.A. (ed.). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 19. [pl. 12, sp. 97] [Nov. 1874; probably referable to Glyptophysa (Glyptophysa)].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, whereabouts unknown presumed lost (possibly BMNH), SA.
• Physa brunniensis Sowerby, G.B. 1874. Monograph of the genus Physa. pls 1, 11–12. In, Reeve, L.A. (ed.). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 19. [pl. 12, sp. 99] [Nov. 1874; probably referable to Glyptophysa (Glyptophysa)].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH 1875.1.1.6 5 specimens, Bruny (as Brunni) Is., TAS.
• Physa duplicata Sowerby, G.B. 1874. Monograph of the genus Physa. pls 1, 11–12. In, Reeve, L.A. (ed.). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 19. [pl. 12, sp. 100] [Nov. 1874; probably referable to Glyptophysa (Glyptophysa)].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, whereabouts unknown presumed lost (possibly BMNH), Wide Bay, QLD.
• Physa eburnea Sowerby, G.B. 1874. Monograph of the genus Physa. pls 1, 11–12. In, Reeve, L.A. (ed.). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 19. [pl. 11, sp. 89] [Nov. 1874; probably referable to Glyptophysa (Glyptophysa)].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH 1875.1.1.8 3 specimens, Launceston, TAS.
• Physa mamillata Sowerby, G.B. 1874. Monograph of the genus Physa. pls 1, 11–12. In, Reeve, L.A. (ed.). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 19. [pl. 11, sp. 90] [Nov. 1874; probably referable to Glyptophysa (Glyptophysa)].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1907.10.28.97, Brunni Is., TAS.
• Physa nitida Sowerby, G.B. 1874. Monograph of the genus Physa. pls 1, 11–12. In, Reeve, L.A. (ed.). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 19. [pl. 12, sp. 98] [Nov. 1874; probably referable to Glyptophysa (Glyptophysa)].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH 1875.1.1.4 3 specimens, SE TAS.
• Physa pinguis Sowerby, G.B. 1874. Monograph of the genus Physa. pls 1, 11–12. In, Reeve, L.A. (ed.). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 19. [pl. 12, sp. 93] [Nov. 1874; probably referable to Glyptophysa (Glyptophysa)].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, whereabouts unknown presumed lost (possibly BMNH), SA.
• Physa texturata Sowerby, G.B. 1874. Monograph of the genus Physa. pls 1, 11–12. In, Reeve, L.A. (ed.). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 19. [pl. 12, sp. 95] [Nov. 1874; probably referable to Glyptophysa (Glyptophysa)].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, whereabouts unknown presumed lost (possibly BMNH), SA.
• Physa ciliata Tenison-Woods, J.E. 1876. On the freshwater shells of Tasmania. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1875: 66-82 [21 Mar. 1876] [75] [probably referable to Glyptophysa (Glyptophysa)].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) TMH E1644/15103 3 specimens, Lake Dulverton, TAS.
• Physa huonensis Tenison-Woods, J.E. 1876. On the freshwater shells of Tasmania. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1875: 66-82 [21 Mar. 1876] [74].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) TMH E871/8212 all missing, Huon River, TAS.
• Physa huonicola Tenison-Woods, J.E. 1876. On the freshwater shells of Tasmania. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1875: 66-82 [21 Mar. 1876] [75].

  Type data:

   Holotype TMH C.359 presumed lost, 1 specimen badly broken, upper Huon River, TAS.
• Physa legrandi Tenison-Woods, J.E. 1876. On the freshwater shells of Tasmania. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1875: 66-82 [21 Mar. 1876] [74].

  Type data:

   Holotype TMH E869/8210, Richmond, TAS.
• Physa tasmanicola Tenison-Woods, J.E. 1876. On the freshwater shells of Tasmania. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1875: 66-82 [21 Mar. 1876] [75].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) TMH E870/8211 all missing, Mt Murray, TAS.
• Physa tasmanica Tenison-Woods, J.E. 1876. On the freshwater shells of Tasmania. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1875: 66-82 [21 Mar. 1876] [74].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) TMH E867/8208 1 specimen, inland streams, TAS; TMH E868/8209 5 specimens, inland streams, TAS.
• Physa arachnoidea Tenison-Woods, J.E. 1878. On some new marine Mollusca. Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 14: 55-65 [63] [probably referable to Glyptophysa (Glyptophysa); Gabriel, C.J. 1939. The fresh water Mollusca of Victoria. Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria 11: 100–139 figured NMV F646 as type, but this specimen is not from the type locality].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) NMV F484 4 specimens, Mordialloc, VIC;.

  Secondary source:

   Gabriel, C.J. 1939. The fresh water Mollusca of Victoria. Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria, Melbourne 11: 100-139.
• Physa kershawi Tenison-Woods, J.E. 1878. On some new marine Mollusca. Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 14: 55-65 [64].

  Type data:

   Holotype NMV F495, Upper Yarra, VIC.
• Physa yarraensis Tenison-Woods, J.E. 1878. On some new marine Mollusca. Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 14: 55-65 [64] [probably referable to Glyptophysa (Glyptophysa)].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) NMV F645 2 specimens, Upper Yarra, VIC.
• Physa beddomei Nelson, W.M. & Taylor, J.W. 1879. Contributions to a better knowledge of the freshwater shells of Queensland. No. 1. Descriptions of three new Physa. Journal of Conchology 2: 288-289 [Oct. 1879] [289] [probably referable to Glyptophysa (Glyptophysa)].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) BMNH 1983064 1 specimen, Townsville, QLD; AM C42278 1 specimen, Townsville, QLD.
• Physa brisbanica Nelson, W.M. & Taylor, J.W. 1879. Contributions to a better knowledge of the freshwater shells of Queensland. No. 1. Descriptions of three new Physa. Journal of Conchology 2: 288-289 [Oct. 1879] [288] [probably referable to Glyptophysa (Glyptophysa)].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1983065, Brisbane River, QLD.
• Physa diemenensis Johnston, R.M. 1879. Further notes on the fresh-water shells of Tasmania. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1878: 19-29 [24 Feb. 1879] [21] [probably referable to Glyptophysa (Glyptophysa)].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, TMH presumed lost, locality unknown.
• Physa fumiformis Nelson, W.M. & Taylor, J.W. 1879. Contributions to a better knowledge of the freshwater shells of Queensland. No. 1. Descriptions of three new Physa. Journal of Conchology 2: 288-289 [Oct. 1879] [289] [probably referable to Glyptophysa (Glyptophysa)].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH no number 13 specimens (possible syntypes), Richmond River, NSW.
• Aplexa turrita Tate, R. 1881. Description of a new species of Australian Aplexa. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 6: 409-410 [Dec. 1881] [409] [described as Amplexa turrita, but spelling corrected in Erratum].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) AM C511 2 specimens, Lake Wendouree, Ballarat, VIC.
• Physa etheridgii Smith, E.A. 1882. On the freshwater shells of Australia. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 16: 255-316 [288] [probably referable to Glyptophysa (Glyptophysa)].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1878.2.15.2, Yan Yean Reservoir, Plenty District, VIC.
  Paratype(s) BMNH 1878.2.15.2 11 specimens.
• Physa exarata Smith, E.A. 1882. On the freshwater shells of Australia. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 16: 255-316 [292] [probably referable to Glyptophysa (Glyptophysa)].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1849.12.10.70, Depuch Is., Port Essington, NT.
  Paratype(s) BMNH 1849.12.10.71–4 4 specimens.
• Physa gracilenta Smith, E.A. 1882. On the freshwater shells of Australia. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 16: 255-316 [285] [probably referable to Glyptophysa (Glyptophysa)].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH 1983090 6 specimens, Endeavour Creek or River, QLD.
• Physa grayi Smith, E.A. 1882. On the freshwater shells of Australia. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 16: 255-316 [277] [nom. nov. for Physa novaehollandiae Gray, 1933; probably referable to Glyptophysa (Glyptophysa)].
• Physa lessoni Smith, E.A. 1882. On the freshwater shells of Australia. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 16: 255-316 [277] [nom. nov. for Physa novaehollandiae Lesson, 1831; probably referable to Glyptophysa (Glyptophysa)].
• Physa producta Smith, E.A. 1882. On the freshwater shells of Australia. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 16: 255-316 [286] [probably referable to Glyptophysa (Glyptophysa)].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH 1879.5.21.662–4 4 specimens, South Grafton, Clarence River, NSW.
• Physa queenslandica Smith, E.A. 1882. On the freshwater shells of Australia. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 16: 255-316 [287] [probably referable to Glyptophysa (Glyptophysa)].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1879.5.12.475, Dawson River, QLD.
  Paratype(s) BMNH 1879.5.12.476–8 3 specimens.
• Physa smithi Clessin, S. 1886. Die familie der Limnaeiden enthaltend die genera Planorbis, Limnaeus, Physa and Amphipeplea. pp. 223-310 in Küster, H.C., Martini, F.W. & Chemnitz, J.H. (eds). Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet. Nürnberg : Bauer & Raspe Bd 1 Abt. 17. [294] [probably referable to Glyptophysa (Glyptophysa)].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, whereabouts unknown presumed lost (possibly ZMB), Murray River, SA.
• Physa conica Clessin, S. 1886. Die Familie der Limnaeiden enthaltend die Genera Planorbis, Limnaeus, Physa und Amphipeplea. pp. 311-430 in Küster, H.C., Martini, F.W. & Chemnitz, J.H. (eds). Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet. Nürnberg : Bauer & Raspe Bd 1 Abt. 17. [360] [probably referable to Glyptophysa (Glyptophysa)].

  Type data:

   Lectotype ZMB 19067a presumed lost, South Australia.
  Paralectotype(s) ZMB 19067b 3 specimens, South Australia.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Kilias, R. 1963. Typen und Typoide der Mollusken-Sammlung (2). Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin 39(2): 373-377 [373].
• Physa kreftii Clessin, S. 1886. Die Familie der Limnaeiden enthaltend die Genera Planorbis, Limnaeus, Physa und Amphipeplea. pp. 311-430 in Küster, H.C., Martini, F.W. & Chemnitz, J.H. (eds). Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet. Nürnberg : Bauer & Raspe Bd 1 Abt. 17. [370] [probably referable to Glyptophysa (Glyptophysa)].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, whereabouts unknown presumed lost (possibly ZMB), Calverts Creek, NSW.
• Physa lincolnensis Clessin, S. 1886. Die Familie der Limnaeiden enthaltend die Genera Planorbis, Limnaeus, Physa und Amphipeplea. pp. 311-430 in Küster, H.C., Martini, F.W. & Chemnitz, J.H. (eds). Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet. Nürnberg : Bauer & Raspe Bd 1 Abt. 17. [363] [probably referable to Glyptophysa (Glyptophysa)].

  Type data:

   Holotype ZMB 18902 presumed lost, Port Lincoln, SA.
• Physa multispirata Clessin, S. 1886. Die Familie der Limnaeiden enthaltend die Genera Planorbis, Limnaeus, Physa und Amphipeplea. pp. 311-430 in Küster, H.C., Martini, F.W. & Chemnitz, J.H. (eds). Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet. Nürnberg : Bauer & Raspe Bd 1 Abt. 17. [361] [probably referable to Glyptophysa (Glyptophysa)].

  Type data:

   Holotype ZMB 19065b presumed lost, Urara River, NSW.
• Physa tortuosa Clessin, S. 1886. Die Familie der Limnaeiden enthaltend die Genera Planorbis, Limnaeus, Physa und Amphipeplea. pp. 311-430 in Küster, H.C., Martini, F.W. & Chemnitz, J.H. (eds). Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet. Nürnberg : Bauer & Raspe Bd 1 Abt. 17. [360] [probably referable to Glyptophysa (Glyptophysa)].

  Type data:

   Holotype ZMB 19065a presumed lost, Urara River, NSW.
• Physa waterhousei Clessin, S. 1886. Die Familie der Limnaeiden enthaltend die Genera Planorbis, Limnaeus, Physa und Amphipeplea. pp. 311-430 in Küster, H.C., Martini, F.W. & Chemnitz, J.H. (eds). Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet. Nürnberg : Bauer & Raspe Bd 1 Abt. 17. [361] [probably referable to Glyptophysa (Glyptophysa)].

  Type data:

   Lectotype ZMB 19063a presumed lost, SA.
  Paralectotype(s) ZMB 19063b 3 specimens, South Australia.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Kilias, R. 1963. Typen und Typoide der Mollusken-Sammlung (2). Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin 39(2): 373-377 [377].
• Bullinus tenuistriatus confluens Hedley, C. 1917. Notes on the Victorian species of Bullinus. Records of the Australian Museum 12: 1-8 [19 Dec. 1917] [4] [probably referable to Glyptophysa (Glyptophysa)].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) AM C324 1 specimen, Echuca, Gun-bower and Lake Hattah VIC; AM C42379 1 specimen, Echuca, Gun-bower and Lake Hattah VIC; AM C42361 1 specimen, Echuca, Gun-bower and Lake Hattah VIC.
• Isidora gibbosa brevispira 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] [96] [probably referable to Glyptophysa (Glyptophysa)].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) NHRM 934 9 specimens, Atherton, QLD.
• Amerianna subacuta Cotton, B.C. & Beasley, A.K. 1941. Fresh water snails from the River Torrens. South Australian Naturalist 21: 17 [17] [probably referable to Glyptophysa (Glyptophysa)].

  Type data:

   Holotype SAMA D14081, River Torrens, SA.
  Paratype(s) SAMA D15676 3 specimens.
• Lenameria renola Iredale, T. 1943. A basic list of the freshwater Mollusca of Australia. The Australian Zoologist 10(2): 188-230 [215] [probably referable to Glyptophysa (Glyptophysa)].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) AM C106647 1 specimen, Chichester Dam, Hunter River District, NSW.
• Tasmadora sorellensis Cotton, B.C. 1943. More Australian freshwater shells. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 67(1): 143-148 [Date published July 30] [147, pl. 17, figs 17 & 18] [probably referable to Glyptophysa (Glyptophysa)].

  Type data:

   Holotype SAMA D14132, Lake Sorrell, TAS.
• Lenameria calda Iredale, T. 1944. Guide to the freshwater shells of New South Wales. Pt II. Australian Naturalist 11: 113-127 [Aug. 1944] [121] [probably referable to Glyptophysa (Glyptophysa)].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) AM C100623 40+ specimens, Belubula, NSW.
• Lenameria digressa Iredale, T. 1944. Guide to the freshwater shells of New South Wales. Pt II. Australian Naturalist 11: 113-127 [Aug. 1944] [121] [probably referable to Glyptophysa (Glyptophysa)].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) AM C100622 6 specimens, Belubula, NSW; AM C106648 1 specimen, Belubula, NSW.
• Lenameria epicropa Iredale, T. 1944. Guide to the freshwater shells of New South Wales. Pt II. Australian Naturalist 11: 113-127 [Aug. 1944] [121] [probably referable to Glyptophysa (Glyptophysa)].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) AM C100593 13 specimens, Leeton irrigation channels, NSW.
• Lenameria formalis Iredale, T. 1944. Guide to the freshwater shells of New South Wales. Pt II. Australian Naturalist 11: 113-127 [Aug. 1944] [121] [probably referable to Glyptophysa (Glyptophysa)].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C51678, Glen Innes, NSW.
  Paratype(s) AM C106650 12 specimens.
• Mutalena modica Iredale, T. 1944. Guide to the freshwater shells of New South Wales. Pt II. Australian Naturalist 11: 113-127 [Aug. 1944] [122] [probably referable to Glyptophysa (Glyptophysa)].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) AM C46356 27 specimens, Mirroull Creek, N of Yanco Irrigation Area, NSW.
• Lenameria placata Iredale, T. 1944. Guide to the freshwater shells of New South Wales. Pt II. Australian Naturalist 11: 113-127 [Aug. 1944] [121] [probably referable to Glyptophysa (Glyptophysa)].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) AM C51733 3 specimens, Bombala, NSW.
• Lenameria pretena Iredale, T. 1944. Guide to the freshwater shells of New South Wales. Pt II. Australian Naturalist 11: 113-127 [Aug. 1944] [120] [probably referable to Glyptophysa (Glyptophysa)].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) AM C100764 2 specimens, Clarence River, NSW.
• Mutalena reperta Iredale, T. 1944. Guide to the freshwater shells of New South Wales. Pt II. Australian Naturalist 11: 113-127 [Aug. 1944] [121] [probably referable to Glyptophysa (Glyptophysa)].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C100618, Booligal, Lachlan River, NSW.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Iredale, T. 1943. Guide to the freshwater shells of New South Wales, Part I. Australian Naturalist 11: 85-95 (p. 219 as Glyptophysa (Glyptophysa) huonensis, p. 220 as Glyptophysa (Glyptophysa) kershawi)
• Ponder, W. F., Hallan, A., Shea, M. E., Clark, S. A., Richards, K., Klunzinger, M. W., and Kessner, V. 2022. Glyptophysa (Glyptophysa) novaehollandica (Bowdich, 1822). Australian Freshwater Molluscs. https://keys.lucidcentral.org/keys/v3/freshwater_molluscs/key/australian_freshwater_molluscs/Media/Html/entities/glyptophysa_glyptophysa_novaehollandica.htm
• Shea, M. pers. comm. The Australian Faunal Directory, http://biodiversity.org.au/afd

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

IBRA

ACT, NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Central Arnhem (CA), Channel Country (CHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gawler (GAW), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Pine Creek (PCK), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Stony Plains (STP), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Lentic freshwater, lotic freshwater.

History of changes