Species Huntiana murrayana (Pfeiffer, 1864)
Murray Cliffs Pinwheel Snail
- Helix murrayana Pfeiffer, L. 1864. Descriptions of ten new species of land-shells from the collection of George French Angas, Esq. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1863: 526-529 [20 Apr. 1864] [527].
Type data:
Status unknown, whereabouts unknown presumed lost, Murray Cliffs, SA. - Helix reteporoides Tate, R. 1887. Descriptions of some new species of South Australian marine and fresh-water Mollusca. Transactions and Proceedings and Report of the Royal Society of South Australia 9: 62-75 [62].
Type data:
Holotype SAMA D13344, Black Hill, near Adelaide, SA.
Paratype(s) SAMA D15979 1 specimen; SAMA D15946 2 specimens; AM C60451 1 specimen. - Endodonta murrayana submurrayana Cox, J.C. & Hedley, C. 1912. An index to the land shells of Victoria. Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria, Melbourne 4: 5-14 pls i-iii [Feb. 1912] [9].
Type data:
Holotype AM C63494, Geelong, VIC.
Paratype(s) AM C2125 3 specimens. - Elsothera nesana Iredale, T. 1937. An annotated check list of the land shells of South and Central Australia. South Australian Naturalist 18: 6-59 [30 Sept. 1937] [24].
Type data:
Holotype SAMA D13770, Port Lincoln, SA.
Paratype(s) AM C60449 2 specimens.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Smith, B.J. & Kershaw, R.C. 1979. Field Guide to the Non-marine Molluscs of South-eastern Australia. Canberra : A.N.U. Press 285 pp. [265]
- 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. [188] (based on original descriptions and an examination of types)
Generic Combinations
- Elsothera murrayana (Pfeiffer, 1864). —
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] [568]
Distribution
States
South Australia, Victoria
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- South Australia: Murray-Darling basin, S Gulfs, SE coastal
- Victoria: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
Ecological Descriptors
Litter, woodland.
History of changes
Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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03-Oct-2018 | HETEROBRANCHIA | 02-Jul-2018 | MODIFIED | Ingo Burghardt (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri |
06-Feb-2014 | PUNCTOIDEA | 09-Jan-2013 | MODIFIED | Dr John Stanisic |
12-Feb-2010 | (import) |