Species Insullaoma predicta Iredale, 1939
Bow River Pinhead Snail
Compiler and date details
October 2013 - Dr John Stanisic
- Insullaoma predicta 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] [38].
Type data:
Syntype(s) AM C63667 3 specimens, Bow River, S coast, WA; AM C64811 30+ specimens, Bow River, S coast, WA.
Introduction
Insullaoma predicta differs from I. riddlei by having angulate whorls and coarser spiral lirae on both the protoconch and teleoconch.
Distribution
States
Western Australia
IBRA
WA: Jarrah Forest (JF), Warren (WAR)
Ecological Descriptors
Litter.
Extra Ecological Information
Tall forest.
Diagnosis
Shell very small, golden-brown, depressedly globose with a weakly elevated spire and subangulate whorls; protoconch with numerous, prominent coarse spiral cords, teleoconch with irregularly spaced, weak radial ribs, microsculpture of numerous radial threads and prominent spiral lirae; umbilicus open, narrow, U-shaped; diameter 2.5mm.
Diagnosis References
Iredale, T. 1939. A review of the land Mollusca of Western Australia. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 25: 1-88 [21 Aug. 1939]
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02-Jun-2022 | HELICINA | 02-Jun-2022 | MOVED | |
| 06-Feb-2014 | PUNCTOIDEA | 04-Feb-2014 | MODIFIED | Dr John Stanisic |
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |