Species Rhagada richardsonii (Smith, 1874)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Helix richardsonii Smith, E.A. 1874. Mollusca. pp. 1-7 in Richardson, J. & Gray, J.E. (eds). The Zoology of H.M.S. Erebus and Terror under the command of Captain Sir James Clark Ross. R.N., F.R.S. during the years 1839 to 1843. London : E.W. Johnson Vol. 2 (21). [2] [pl. 4, fig. 14 (two views)].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1844.12.11.49, Dupuch's Is., WA.
  Paratype(s) BMNH 1844.12.11.50–51 2 specimens.

  Secondary source:

   Solem, A. 1997. Camaenid land snails from Western and central Australia (Mollusc: Pulmonata: Camaenidae). Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 50: 1461-1906 [1723] (types not recognised as such by Solem).
• Rhagada (Tumegada) convicta strella Iredale, T. 1939. A review of the land Mollusca of Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 2(1): 1-88 [published 1 Aug 1939; same text re-published 21 Aug.1939 in Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 25:1–88] [62] [pl. 4, fig. 11].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C30451, Strelley River [De Grey River], WA.
• Rhagada (Tumegada) convicta tambra Iredale, T. 1939. A review of the land Mollusca of Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 2(1): 1-88 [published 1 Aug 1939; same text re-published 21 Aug.1939 in Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 25:1–88] [62] [pl. 4, fig. 12].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C64868, Tambrey Station, Fortescue River, WA.
  Paratype(s) WAM 221–32 1 specimen.

  Secondary source:

   Solem, A. 1997. Camaenid land snails from Western and central Australia (Mollusc: Pulmonata: Camaenidae). Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 50: 1461-1906 [1723].

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Solem, A. 1997. Camaenid land snails from Western and central Australia (Mollusc: Pulmonata: Camaenidae). Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 50: 1461-1906 [1718]

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Depuch Island to Cape Keraudren and inland, WA - range 355 x 295 km.

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Western Australia: NW coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Saxicoline.

Extra Ecological Information

Under rocks.

 

General References

Solem, A. 1997. Camaenid land snails from Western and central Australia (Mollusc: Pulmonata: Camaenidae). Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 50: 1461-1906 [1718] (pls 206e, 219a-g; figs 414a-f, 415a-c [radula, shell, anatomy])

 

History of changes

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