Species Glyptopupoides egregia (Hedley & Musson, 1892)
Ribbed Pupasnail
Compiler and date details
April 2012 - Dr John Stanisic
- Diplommatina egregia Hedley, C. & Musson, C.T. 1892. On a collection of land and fresh water shells from Queensland. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2 6: 551-564 [Date published 23 May 1892] [561].
Type data:
Syntype(s) AM C170703 2 specimens, Calliungal, QLD. - Pupoides hedleyi Pilsbry, H.A. 1926. in Tryon, G.W. & Pilsbry, H.A. Manual of Conchology. Philadelphia : Conchological Department, Academy of Natural Sciences Ser. 2 Vol. 27 369 pp. [Mar. 1926] [252].
Type data:
Holotype UMMZ no number (Bryant Walker coll.), Bundaberg, QLD.
Paratype(s) ANSP 134150 1 specimen.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Iredale, T. 1937. A basic list of the land Mollusca of Australia. Pt II. The Australian Zoologist 9: 1-39 [12 Nov. 1937] [1]
Generic Combinations
- Glyptopupoides egregia (Hedley & Musson, 1892).
Introduction
Glyptopupoides egregia resembles some Pupoides spp. but has an axially ribbed shell that lacks apertural barriers. Uncommon throughout its range.
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Hunter Valley, NSW to Chillagoe, NE QLD. Elsewhere in the Kimberley, N WA.
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
NSW, Qld, WA: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), New England Tablelands (NET), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)
Distribution References
Ecological Descriptors
Litter.
Extra Ecological Information
Vine thicket.
Diagnosis
Shell very small, waxy brown, elongately cylindrical; sculpture of moderately spaced weak axial ribs and spiral threads; aperture ovate, without any teeth or lamellae, lip moderately reflected; height to 3.7 mm.
Diagnosis References
General References
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 [506-508]
History of changes
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24-Jul-2012 | 24-Jul-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
27-Jun-2012 | 18-Jul-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
12-Feb-2010 | (import) |