Species Marilynessa yulei (Forbes, 1851)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Helix yulei Forbes, E. 1851. On the Mollusca collected by Mr MacGillivray during the voyage of the Rattlesnake. In, MacGillivray, J. (ed.). Narrative of the Voyage of the H.M.S. Rattlesnake, commanded by the late Captain Owen Stanley, during the years 1846-1850. London : T. & W. Boone Vol. 2 395 pp. [Dec. 1851] [377, pl. 2, figs 6a-b].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) BMNH 1851.8.7.30 1 specimen, Port Molle, QLD; BMNH 1851.11.24.6 1 specimen, Port Molle, QLD.
• Helix rainbirdi Cox, J.C. 1870. Descriptions of eight new species of shells from Australia and the Solomon Islands. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1870: 170-172, pl. 16 [170].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) AM C107708 (disputed material), Mt Dryander, Port Denison, QLD; BMNH 1880.12.11.10 (disputed material), Mt Dryander, Port Denison, QLD.
• Helix basalis Pilsbry, H.A. 1890. in Tryon, G.W. & Pilsbry, H.A. Manual of Conchology. Philadelphia : Conchological Section, Academy of Natural Sciences Ser. 2 Vol. 6 324 pp. [158] [non Helix basalis Schmeltz, 1869].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANSP 32680*, Port Mackay, QLD.

 

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. [159] (based on original descriptions and an examination of types; the status of these many morphs has not been resolved)

 

Generic Combinations

• Marilynessa yulei (Forbes, 1851). —
  Stanisic, J., Shea, M., Potter, D. & Griffiths, O. 2010. Australian Land Snails. A field guide to eastern Australian species. Mauritius : Bioculture Press Vol. 1 595 pp. [482-483, 540]
• Sphaerospira yulei (Forbes, 1851).

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Mt Dryander and the Conway Range, ME Qld

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Queensland: NE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Closed forest, litter.

Extra Ecological Information

Tall forest, under logs.

 

General References

Hedley, C. 1889. Notes on the Helicidae. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 6: 120-121 [120] (anatomy, radula)

Stanisic, J., Shea, M., Potter, D. & Griffiths, O. 2010. Australian Land Snails. A field guide to eastern Australian species. Mauritius : Bioculture Press Vol. 1 595 pp. [482, 540] (taxonomic decision)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
08-Feb-2012	HELICOIDEA	08-Feb-2012	MOVED	Dr John Stanisic
05-Feb-2014		08-Feb-2012	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)