Species Melostrachia glomerans (Iredale, 1938)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Torresitrachia glomerans Iredale, T. 1938. A basic list of the land Mollusca of Australia. Pt III. The Australian Zoologist 9: 83-124 [Date published 30 Nov. 1938] [111].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C100670, Chillagoe, 17º7´S 144º30´E, QLD.
  Paratype(s) AM C54096 13 specimens; AM C54101 16 specimens; AM C54097 30+ specimens; SAMA D14919 2 specimens.

  Type locality references:

  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 [97].

 

Generic Combinations

• Melostrachia glomerans (Iredale, 1938).

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Chillagoe to Palmerville, FN Qld

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Queensland: NE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Litter-dwelling, under rocks, vine thicket.

 

General References

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 [100] (anatomy)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
05-Feb-2014	HELICOIDEA	26-Jul-2012	MODIFIED	Dr John Stanisic
		12-Feb-2010	(import)