Species Gyraulus (Gyraulus) waterhousei (Clessin, 1885)

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Species Gyraulus (Gyraulus) waterhousei (Clessin, 1885)

Planorbis waterhousei 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. [188].
Type data:
Syntype(s) ZMB 19069 6 specimens (dry), Clarence River, NSW.
Glyptanisus ordessus Iredale, T. 1943. A basic list of the freshwater Mollusca of Australia. The Australian Zoologist 10(2): 188-230 [225].
Type data:
Holotype AM C100621, Chichester Dam, Hunter River District, NSW.
Glyptanisus metaurus Iredale, T. 1943. A basic list of the freshwater Mollusca of Australia. The Australian Zoologist 10(2): 188-230 [225].
Type data:
Syntype(s) AM C51737 20+ specimens, Armidale, NSW.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

Brown, D.S. 1981. Observations on the Planorbinae from Australia and New Guinea. Journal of the Malacological Society of Australia 5: 67-80 [70]
Brown, D.S. 2001. Freshwater snails of the genus Gyraulus (Planorbidae) in Australia: taxa of the mainland. Molluscan Research 21: 17-107 [Date published 4 September 2001] [89]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Eastern NSW and southern QLD.

Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.

IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

IBRA

NSW, Qld: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Channel Country (CHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Plains (GUP), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

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

Ecological Descriptors

Herbivore, lentic freshwater, lotic freshwater.

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
06-Sep-2024	HETEROBRANCHIA	06-Sep-2024	MOVED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)

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