Species Mesodontrachia fitzroyana Solem, 1985
- Mesodontrachia fitzroyana Solem, A. 1985. Camaenid land snails from Western and central Australia (Mollusca : Pulmonata : Camaenidae). V. Remaining Kimberley genera and addenda to the Kimberley. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 20: 707-981 [870].
Type data:
Holotype WAM 669.80, Limestone outcrop on N side of Victoria Hwy, 24.4 km E of Timber Creek Police Station, 44.1 km W of Fitzroy Station turnoff, NT.
Paratype(s) AM C148675 3 specimens; WAM; FMNH.
Distribution
States
Northern Territory
Extra Distribution Information
Narrow endemic, found on limestone outcrops between the Timber and Skull Creeks, NT
Known only from type locality.
Australian Endemic.
Ecological Descriptors
Saxicoline.
Extra Ecological Information
Under rocks.
General References
Criscione, F. & Köhler, F. 2013. Conserved shell disguises diversity in Mesodontrachia land snails from the Australian Monsoon Tropics (Gastropoda: Camaenidae). Zoologica Scripta 42: 389-405 [400-401, figs 6A, 8]
Solem, A. 1985. Camaenid land snails from Western and central Australia (Mollusca : Pulmonata : Camaenidae). V. Remaining Kimberley genera and addenda to the Kimberley. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 20: 707-981 (anatomy)
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30-Apr-2014 | CAMAENIDAE | 22-Apr-2014 | MODIFIED | ABRS |
| 05-Feb-2014 | HELICOIDEA | 20-Aug-2013 | MODIFIED | Dr John Stanisic |
| 20-Aug-2013 | MODIFIED |