Species Xanthomelon durvillii (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1841)
Durvill’s Melon Snail
- Helyx durvillii Hombron, J.B. & Jacquinot, C.H. 1841. Description de quelques Mollusques, provenant de la campagne de l'Astrolabe et de la Zélée. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Paris 2 16: 62-65 [July 1841] [62].
Type data:
Syntype(s) MNHP no number 4 specimens, Raffles Bay, 11º16´S, 132º24´E, NT. - Helix pomum Pfeiffer, L. 1842. Symbolae ad Historiam Heliceorum. Cassellis : Th. Fishcheri Vol. 2. [37].
Type data:
Status unknown, whereabouts unknown presumed lost, Port Essington, NT.Type locality references:
Cox, J.C. 1868. A Monograph of Australian Land Shells. Sydney : Maddock 111 pp. [40]. - Helix urvillei Hombron, J.B. & Jacquinot, C.H. 1851. Voyage au Pôle Sud et dans l'Océanie sur les corvettes l'Astrolabe et la Zélée, pendant les années 1837–1840 sous les commandement de J. Dumont d'Urville. Zoologie, Mollusques et Coquille. Paris : Gide & Baudry Vol. 5 132 pp. [1, pl. 3, figs 1-3].
Type data:
Status unknown, whereabouts unknown presumed lost, Raffles Bay (as la baie Raffles), NT. - Helix spheroidea Le Guillou, E. 1842. Description de vingt-sept espèces d'Helices nouvelles. Revue Zoologique par la Société Cuvierienne 5: 136-141 [Date published June 1842].
Type data:
Lectotype MNHNP IM-2000-1991, Essington Bay, NT.
Paralectotype(s) MNHNP IM-2000-1991 3 specimens, Essington Bay, NT.Subsequent designation references:
Köhler, F. & Burghardt, I. 2016. Cryptic diversity in a widespread land snail: revision of the genus Xanthomelon Martens, 1860 from the Australian Monsoon Tropics (Pulmonata, Camaenidae). Zoologica Scripta 45: 127-144 [139]. - Helix (Xanthomelon) lyndi Angas, G.F. 1872. Descriptions of ten new species of land and marine shells. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1872: 610-613 [3 Nov. 1872] [610].
Type data:
Holotype HMNT, Port Essington, NT. - Helix subgranosa Le Guillou, E. 1842. Description de vingt-sept espèces d'Helices nouvelles. Revue Zoologique par la Société Cuvierienne 5: 136-141 [Date published June 1842] [137].
Type data:
Syntype(s) MNHP no number 2 specimens, Raffles Bay, NT.Secondary source:
Smith, B.J. 1992. Non-Marine Mollusca. In, Houston, W.W.K. (ed.). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Non-marine Mollusca. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service Vol. 8 xii 408 pp. [141] (as Parglogenia subgranosa (Le Guillou, 1842)); Köhler, F. 2012. Taxonomic revision of two endemic land snail genera from the Top End of Northern Australia with remarks on two problematic species named by de Férussac and Le Guillou (Eupulmonata, Camaenidae). Zoosystematics and Evolution 88(1): 53-62 [60-61] (placed in incertae sedis).
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Solem, A. 1979. Camaenid land snails from western and central Australia (Mollusca : Pulmonata : Camaenidae) I. Taxa with trans-Australian distribution. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 10: 5-142 [16]
- Stanisic, J., Shea, M., Potter, D. & Griffiths, O. 2017. Australian Land Snails. Volume 2. A field guide to southern, central and western species. Mauritius : Bioculture Press Vol. 2 pp. 580. [for nomenclature purposes, all taxa described in this volume must be dated 2018] [565]
- Köhler, F. & Shea, M. 2022. A new cryptic species of land snail from the Northern Territory, Australia (Stylommatophora, Camaenidae, Parglogenia). Zoosystematics and Evolution 98(2): 427-433 [430] (Helix subgranosa (as Parglogenia subgranosa) placed in synonymy of Xanthomelon durvillii)
Distribution
States
Northern Territory
Extra Distribution Information
North-western NT south to about Timber Creek, possibly west to the N Kimberley, WA.
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
NT: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Sturt Plateau (STU), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB)
Ecological Descriptors
Litter, open scrub, woodland.
Extra Ecological Information
Gardens.
General References
Köhler, F. & Burghardt, I. 2016. Cryptic diversity in a widespread land snail: revision of the genus Xanthomelon Martens, 1860 from the Australian Monsoon Tropics (Pulmonata, Camaenidae). Zoologica Scripta 45: 127-144 [139, Figs 4A, 5 and 6A]
Solem, A. 1979. Camaenid land snails from western and central Australia (Mollusca : Pulmonata : Camaenidae) I. Taxa with trans-Australian distribution. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 10: 5-142 [18] (anatomy)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07-Mar-2024 | CAMAENIDAE Pilsbry, 1895 | 19-Feb-2024 | MODIFIED | |
| 03-Oct-2018 | HETEROBRANCHIA | 11-Jun-2018 | MODIFIED | Ingo Burghardt (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri |
| 06-Jun-2016 | CAMAENIDAE | 01-Jun-2016 | MODIFIED | Lyn Randall |
| 05-Feb-2014 | HELICOIDEA | 26-Jul-2012 | MODIFIED | Dr John Stanisic |
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |