Genus Montidelos Iredale, 1943

Museums

Regional Maps

• Montidelos Iredale, T. 1943. Guide to the land shells of New South Wales. Pt V. Australian Naturalist 11: 61-69 [Apr. 1943] [68].

  Type species:

   Montidelos orcadis Iredale, 1943 by original designation.

  Secondary source:

   Burch, J.B. 1976. Outline of classification of Australian terrestrial molluscs (native and introduced). Journal of the Malacological Society of Australia 3: 127-156 [131].

 

Introduction

The combination of prominent dendritic spiral wrinkles, flared body whorl and relatively narrower V-shaped umbilicus distinguishes Montidelos from Vitellidelos.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

NE NSW to ME QLD

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW: NSW North Coast (NNC) ; NSW, Qld: South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

Distribution References

Diagnosis

Shell small, subdiscoidal to subglobose; protoconch shiny, with weak radial growth ridges, teleoconch sculpture of prominent, branched (dendritic), spiral wrinkles crossing low ripple-like radial ribs above, shiny with spiral grooves below; body whorl expansive and flared; umbilicus narrow to very wide, V-shaped. Colour brownish-orange to yellow, often with darker streaks.

 

Diagnosis References

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. [144]

 

General References

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. [300] (as synonym of Saladelos)

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. [144]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
		16-Apr-2012	ADDED