• Innesoconcha Iredale, T. 1944. The land Mollusca of Lord Howe Island. The Australian Zoologist 10: 299-334 [10 May 1944] [325].

  Type species:

   Helix (Microcystis) catletti Brazier, 1872 by original designation.
• Melloconcha Iredale, T. 1944. The land Mollusca of Lord Howe Island. The Australian Zoologist 10: 299-334 [10 May 1944] [323].

  Type species:

   Melloconcha delecta Iredale, 1944 by original designation.
• Tribocystis Iredale, T. 1944. The land Mollusca of Lord Howe Island. The Australian Zoologist 10: 299-334 [10 May 1944] [323].

  Type species:

   Tribocystis rosacea Iredale, 1944 by original designation.
• Annacharis Iredale, T. 1944. The land Mollusca of Lord Howe Island. The Australian Zoologist 10: 299-334 [10 May 1944] [324].

  Type species:

   Annacharis miranda Iredale, 1944 by monotypy.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• 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. [237]
• Hyman, I.T., Caiza, J. & Köhler, F 2022. Dissecting an island radiation: systematic revision of endemic land snails on Lord Howe Island (Gastropoda: Stylommatophora: Microcystidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 197(1): 20-75 [Date published online 17 Oct 2022] [30]

Introduction

Genus endemic to Lord Howe Island, revised by Hyman et al. (2022) who described one new species and provide redescriptions for all existing species.

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Other Regions

Lord Howe Island terrestrial & freshwater

General References

Hyman, I.T., Caiza, J. & Köhler, F 2022. Dissecting an island radiation: systematic revision of endemic land snails on Lord Howe Island (Gastropoda: Stylommatophora: Microcystidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 197(1): 20-75 [Date published online 17 Oct 2022] [30-31] (revised diagnosis)

History of changes

• Innesoconcha aberrans Iredale, T. 1944. The land Mollusca of Lord Howe Island. The Australian Zoologist 10: 299-334 [10 May 1944] [326].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C63475, Black Face, Mt Lidgbird, Lord Howe Is.

Distribution

Other Regions

Lord Howe Island terrestrial & freshwater

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Closed forest, litter.

Extra Ecological Information

Tall forest.

General References

Hyman, I.T., Caiza, J. & Köhler, F 2022. Dissecting an island radiation: systematic revision of endemic land snails on Lord Howe Island (Gastropoda: Stylommatophora: Microcystidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 197(1): 20-75 [Date published online 17 Oct 2022] [38-40] (revised description)

History of changes

• Helix (Microcystis) catletti Brazier, J. 1872. Descriptions of six new species of land shells from Australia and Lord Howe's Island. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1872: 617-619 [617].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) AM C101187 1 specimen, Lord Howe Is.; AM C101064 3 specimens, Lord Howe Is.; AM C63671 2 specimens, Lord Howe Is.
• Microcystis catletti major Hedley, C. 1891. The land and freshwater shells of Lord Howe Island. Records of the Australian Museum 1: 134-143 [June 1891] [137] [nom. nud.].
• Microcystis catletti subconica Iredale, T. 1944. The land Mollusca of Lord Howe Island. The Australian Zoologist 10: 299-334 [10 May 1944] [326].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) AM C101188 1 specimen, Old Settlement, Lord Howe Is.; AM C101054 11 specimens, Old Settlement, Lord Howe Is.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• 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. [235] (based on original descriptions and an examination of types)

Generic Combinations

• Innesoconcha catletti (Brazier, 1872). —
  Iredale, T. 1944. The land Mollusca of Lord Howe Island. The Australian Zoologist 10: 299-334 [10 May 1944] [326] (new combination)

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Extra Distribution Information

Lord Howe Islands (lowlands)

Other Regions

Lord Howe Island terrestrial & freshwater

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Litter-dwelling, rainforest, woodland.

Extra Ecological Information

Living under palm leaves and in leaf sheaths of palms

General References

Hyman, I.T., Caiza, J. & Köhler, F 2022. Dissecting an island radiation: systematic revision of endemic land snails on Lord Howe Island (Gastropoda: Stylommatophora: Microcystidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 197(1): 20-75 [Date published online 17 Oct 2022] [31-38] (redescription)

History of changes

• Melloconcha delecta Iredale, T. 1944. The land Mollusca of Lord Howe Island. The Australian Zoologist 10: 299-334 [10 May 1944] [323].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C63478, North Bay, Lord Howe Is.

Generic Combinations

• Innesoconcha delecta (Iredale, 1944). —
  Hyman, I.T., Caiza, J. & Köhler, F 2022. Dissecting an island radiation: systematic revision of endemic land snails on Lord Howe Island (Gastropoda: Stylommatophora: Microcystidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 197(1): 20-75 [Date published online 17 Oct 2022] [40-41] (new combination)

Distribution

Other Regions

Lord Howe Island terrestrial & freshwater

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Rainforest, under bark.

Extra Ecological Information

Living under leaves and under bark on trees

General References

Hyman, I.T., Caiza, J. & Köhler, F 2022. Dissecting an island radiation: systematic revision of endemic land snails on Lord Howe Island (Gastropoda: Stylommatophora: Microcystidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 197(1): 20-75 [Date published online 17 Oct 2022] [40-41] (revised description)

History of changes

• Innesoconcha doppelganger Hyman, I.T., Caiza, J. & Köhler, F 2022. Dissecting an island radiation: systematic revision of endemic land snails on Lord Howe Island (Gastropoda: Stylommatophora: Microcystidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 197(1): 20-75 [Date published online 17 Oct 2022] [60-61].
  Zoobank Registration Number:https://zoobank.org/NomenclaturalActs/a35b8370-ac19-479e-bddd-0b22af258829

  Type data:

   Holotype AMS C.592779, Valley of the Shadows, Lord Howe Island, NSW [31°31′43″S, 159°4′36″E].
  Paratype(s) AMS C.574448, same data as holotype.

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

Other Regions

Lord Howe Island terrestrial & freshwater

Distribution References

History of changes

• Tribocystis flavescens Iredale, T. 1944. The land Mollusca of Lord Howe Island. The Australian Zoologist 10: 299-334 [10 May 1944] [324].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) AM C40600 2 specimens, lowlands and North Ridge, Lord Howe Is.

Generic Combinations

• Melloconcha flavescens (Iredale, 1944). —
  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. [237] (new combination)
• Innesoconcha flavescens (Iredale, 1944). —
  Hyman, I.T., Caiza, J. & Köhler, F 2022. Dissecting an island radiation: systematic revision of endemic land snails on Lord Howe Island (Gastropoda: Stylommatophora: Microcystidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 197(1): 20-75 [Date published online 17 Oct 2022] [42-45] (new combination)

Distribution

Other Regions

Lord Howe Island terrestrial & freshwater

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Arboreal, litter-dwelling, rainforest, woodland.

Extra Ecological Information

On palm leaves

General References

Hyman, I.T., Caiza, J. & Köhler, F 2022. Dissecting an island radiation: systematic revision of endemic land snails on Lord Howe Island (Gastropoda: Stylommatophora: Microcystidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 197(1): 20-75 [Date published online 17 Oct 2022] [42-45] (redescription and move to genus Innesoconcha)

History of changes

• Melloconcha grata Iredale, T. 1944. The land Mollusca of Lord Howe Island. The Australian Zoologist 10: 299-334 [10 May 1944] [323].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) AM C398951 1 specimen, Mt Gower, Lord Howe Is.; AM C398952 1 specimen, Mt Gower, Lord Howe Is.

Generic Combinations

• Innesoconcha grata (Iredale, 1944). —
  Hyman, I.T., Caiza, J. & Köhler, F 2022. Dissecting an island radiation: systematic revision of endemic land snails on Lord Howe Island (Gastropoda: Stylommatophora: Microcystidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 197(1): 20-75 [Date published online 17 Oct 2022] [45-46] (new combination)

Distribution

Other Regions

Lord Howe Island terrestrial & freshwater

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Closed forest, litter.

Extra Ecological Information

Tall forest.

General References

Hyman, I.T., Caiza, J. & Köhler, F 2022. Dissecting an island radiation: systematic revision of endemic land snails on Lord Howe Island (Gastropoda: Stylommatophora: Microcystidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 197(1): 20-75 [Date published online 17 Oct 2022] [45-46] (redescription and move to genus Innesoconcha)

History of changes

• Annacharis miranda Iredale, T. 1944. The land Mollusca of Lord Howe Island. The Australian Zoologist 10: 299-334 [10 May 1944] [324].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C39175, top of Mt Gower, Lord Howe Is.

Generic Combinations

• Innesoconcha miranda (Iredale, 1944). —
  Hyman, I.T., Caiza, J. & Köhler, F 2022. Dissecting an island radiation: systematic revision of endemic land snails on Lord Howe Island (Gastropoda: Stylommatophora: Microcystidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 197(1): 20-75 [Date published online 17 Oct 2022] [46-47] (new combination)
• Melloconcha miranda (Iredale, 1944). —
  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. [238] (new combination)

Distribution

Other Regions

Lord Howe Island terrestrial & freshwater

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Closed forest, litter.

Extra Ecological Information

Tall forest.

General References

Hyman, I.T., Caiza, J. & Köhler, F 2022. Dissecting an island radiation: systematic revision of endemic land snails on Lord Howe Island (Gastropoda: Stylommatophora: Microcystidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 197(1): 20-75 [Date published online 17 Oct 2022] [46-47] (redescription and move to genus Innesoconcha)

History of changes

• Melloconcha prensa Iredale, T. 1944. The land Mollusca of Lord Howe Island. The Australian Zoologist 10: 299-334 [10 May 1944] [323].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C63476, North Ridge, Lord Howe Is.

Generic Combinations

• Innesoconcha prensa (Iredale, 1944). —
  Hyman, I.T., Caiza, J. & Köhler, F 2022. Dissecting an island radiation: systematic revision of endemic land snails on Lord Howe Island (Gastropoda: Stylommatophora: Microcystidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 197(1): 20-75 [Date published online 17 Oct 2022] [47-49] (new combination)

Distribution

Other Regions

Lord Howe Island terrestrial & freshwater

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Litter, open forest.

General References

Hyman, I.T., Caiza, J. & Köhler, F 2022. Dissecting an island radiation: systematic revision of endemic land snails on Lord Howe Island (Gastropoda: Stylommatophora: Microcystidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 197(1): 20-75 [Date published online 17 Oct 2022] [47-49] (redescription and move to genus Innesoconcha)

History of changes

• Innesoconcha princeps Iredale, T. 1944. The land Mollusca of Lord Howe Island. The Australian Zoologist 10: 299-334 [10 May 1944] [326].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) AM C38958 3 specimens, Mt Gower, Lord Howe Is.

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Lord Howe I (uplands)

Other Regions

Lord Howe Island terrestrial & freshwater

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Litter-dwelling, montane rainforest.

General References

Hyman, I.T., Caiza, J. & Köhler, F 2022. Dissecting an island radiation: systematic revision of endemic land snails on Lord Howe Island (Gastropoda: Stylommatophora: Microcystidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 197(1): 20-75 [Date published online 17 Oct 2022] [49-50] (redescription and move to genus Innesoconcha)

History of changes

• Tribocystis rosacea Iredale, T. 1944. The land Mollusca of Lord Howe Island. The Australian Zoologist 10: 299-334 [10 May 1944] [323].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C38940, lowlands, near The Pines, Lord Howe Is.
• Tribocystis alma Iredale, T. 1944. The land Mollusca of Lord Howe Island. The Australian Zoologist 10: 299-334 [10 May 1944] [324].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C63477, North Ridge, Lord Howe Is.

Generic Combinations

• Melloconcha alma (Iredale, 1944). —
  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. [237] (new combination)
• Melloconcha rosacea (Iredale, 1944). —
  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. [238] (new combination)
• Innesoconcha rosacea (Iredale, 1944). —
  Hyman, I.T., Caiza, J. & Köhler, F 2022. Dissecting an island radiation: systematic revision of endemic land snails on Lord Howe Island (Gastropoda: Stylommatophora: Microcystidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 197(1): 20-75 [Date published online 17 Oct 2022] [50-52] (new combination)

Distribution

Other Regions

Lord Howe Island terrestrial & freshwater

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Arboreal, litter-dwelling, rainforest.

Extra Ecological Information

On palm leaves

General References

Hyman, I.T., Caiza, J. & Köhler, F 2022. Dissecting an island radiation: systematic revision of endemic land snails on Lord Howe Island (Gastropoda: Stylommatophora: Microcystidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 197(1): 20-75 [Date published online 17 Oct 2022] [50-52] (redescription and move to genus )

History of changes

• Innesoconcha segna Iredale, T. 1944. The land Mollusca of Lord Howe Island. The Australian Zoologist 10: 299-334 [10 May 1944] [326].

  Secondary source:

   Hyman, I.T. & Köhler, F. 2020. A field guide to the land snails of Lord Howe Island. Sydney : Australian Museum Scientific Publishing pp. 159. [103].

Distribution

Other Regions

Lord Howe Island terrestrial & freshwater

Distribution References

General References

Hyman, I.T., Caiza, J. & Köhler, F 2022. Dissecting an island radiation: systematic revision of endemic land snails on Lord Howe Island (Gastropoda: Stylommatophora: Microcystidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 197(1): 20-75 [Date published online 17 Oct 2022] [52-53] (redescription and removal from synonymy with Innesoconcha catletti)

History of changes