Species Hedleyoconcha delta (Pfeiffer, 1857)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Helix delta Pfeiffer, L. 1857. Descriptions of thirty-three new species of land-shells, from the collection of H. Cuming, Esq. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1856: 385-392 [8 May 1857] [386].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH 1982246, Drayton Range, QLD.
  Paralectotype(s) BMNH 1982246 2 specimens.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Stanisic, J. 1990. Systematics and biogeography of eastern Australian Charopidae (Mollusca, Pulmonata) from subtropical rainforests. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 30: 1-241 [43].
• Helix conoidea Cox, J.C. 1864. Catalogue of Australian Land Shells. Sydney : John Alex Engel 44 pp. [21] [non Helix conoidea Draparnaud, 1801].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, whereabouts unknown presumed lost, Cabbage Tree Is., Port Stephens, NSW.
• Helix fenestrata Cox, J.C. 1866. Characters of six new Australian land shells. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1866: 373-375 [5 Sept. 1866] [374] [non Helix fenestrata Sowerby, 1841].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, whereabouts unknown presumed lost, Pine Mt, Lismore, NSW.
• Hedleyoconcha duona Iredale, T. 1937. A basic list of the land Mollusca of Australia. Pt II. The Australian Zoologist 9: 1-39 [12 Nov. 1937] [13].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C63526, Terrigal, near Gosford, NSW.
  Paratype(s) AM C142450 1 specimen.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Stanisic, J. 1990. Systematics and biogeography of eastern Australian Charopidae (Mollusca, Pulmonata) from subtropical rainforests. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 30: 1-241 [43]

 

Generic Combinations

• Hedleyoconcha delta (Pfeiffer, 1857).

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Royal NP, ME NSW to Bunya Mtns, 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

Arboreal, rainforest, tall open forest.

Extra Ecological Information

Notophyll vine forest, temperate rainforest, microphyll vine forest and semi-evergreen vine thicket, under leaves, bark and litter; living on trunks and leaves of trees and vines

 

General References

Stanisic, J. 1990. Systematics and biogeography of eastern Australian Charopidae (Mollusca, Pulmonata) from subtropical rainforests. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 30: 1-241 (anatomy, radula)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
06-Feb-2014	PUNCTOIDEA	01-May-2012	MODIFIED	Dr John Stanisic
		12-Feb-2010	(import)