Species Hedleyella falconeri (Gray, 1834)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Helicophanta falconeri Gray, J.E. 1834. Characters of new species of land and freshwater shells. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1834: 63-68 [25 Nov. 1834] [63].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, whereabouts unknown presumed lost, Hunter River, NSW.

  Type locality references:

  Iredale, T. 1937. A basic list of the land Mollusca of Australia. Pt II. The Australian Zoologist 9: 1-39 [12 Nov. 1937] [17].
• Helix infundibulum Valenciennes, A. 1846. Mollusques. pls 1-24 in Dupetit-Thouars, A.H. (ed.). Voyage autour du monde sur le frigat la Venus commande par Abel Dupetit-Thouars. Atlas de Zoologie, Mollusques. Paris : Gide. [pl. 1] [non Helix infundibulum Hombron and Jacquinot, 1841].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, whereabouts unknown presumed lost, Hunter River, NSW.

  Type locality references:

  Iredale, T. 1937. A basic list of the land Mollusca of Australia. Pt II. The Australian Zoologist 9: 1-39 [12 Nov. 1937] [17].
• Panda falconeri azonata Hedley, C. 1892. On the structure and affinities of Panda atomata Gray. Records of the Australian Museum 2: 26-31 [Aug. 1892] [31].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C160441, Hunter River, NSW.
• Panda falconeri tigris Hedley, C. 1892. On the structure and affinities of Panda atomata Gray. Records of the Australian Museum 2: 26-31 [Aug. 1892] [31].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C160440, Hunter River, NSW.
• Hedleyella falconeri jacksoniana Iredale, T. 1933. Systematic notes on Australian land shells. Records of the Australian Museum 19: 37-59 [38].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C63320, Booyong, Richmond River, NSW.
• Hedleyella falconeri imitator Iredale, T. 1933. Systematic notes on Australian land shells. Records of the Australian Museum 19: 37-59 [38].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) AM C63321 2 specimens, S QLD.

 

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] [17]

 

Generic Combinations

• Hedleyella falconeri (Gray, 1834).

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Barrington Tops, ME NSW to D'Aguilar Range, SE Qld

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

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

Ecological Descriptors

Rainforest, under debris, under logs, wet sclerophyll forest.

Extra Ecological Information

Particularly under palm litter

 

General References

Dartnall, A.J. & Dartnall, J.A. 1972. Notes on the reproductive anatomy and cytogenetics of some Australian acavacean molluscs. Australian Journal of Zoology 20: 79-81 (cytogenetics)

Pilsbry, H.A. 1894. in Tryon, G.W. & Pilsbry, H.A. Manual of Conchology. Philadelphia : Conchological Section, Academy of Natural Sciences Ser. 2 Vol. 9 366 pp. (anatomy)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
04-Feb-2014	ACAVOIDEA	26-Jul-2012	MODIFIED	Dr John Stanisic
		12-Feb-2010	(import)