Species Helicarion castanea (Pfeiffer, 1853)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Vitrina castanea Pfeiffer, L. 1853. Descriptions Systematicas et Criticas Omnium huius Familae Generum et Specierum Hodie Cognitarum. Monographie Heliceorum Viventium. Lipsiae : F.A. Brockhaus Vol. 3 711 pp. [May 1853] [5].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH 197778 3 specimens, S WA.

  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] [10].
• Helicarion thomsoni Ancey, C.F. 1889. Mollusques terrestres nouveaux d'Océanie. Le Naturaliste 1889: 19 [19].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) AM C55254 3 specimens, Geographe Bay, WA; AM C103651 6 specimens, Geographe Bay, WA.

 

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] [10]

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

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

Litter, low woodland, open forest, woodland.

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
18-Jun-2010		26-Jul-2010	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)