Genus Murphitella Iredale, 1933
Carnivorous Snails
Compiler and date details
October 2012 - Dr John Stanisic
- Murphitella Iredale, T. 1933. Systematic notes on Australian land shells. Records of the Australian Museum 19: 37-59 [49].
Type species:
Helix franklandiensis Forbes, 1851 by original designation.
Introduction
Murphitella differs from Limesta by the combination of having reduced radial sculpture and dominant spiral sculpture on the teleoconch and a smooth protoconch.
Distribution
States
Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Wet Tropics, W to Palmerville, NE QLD and N to Cape York, FN QLD
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
Qld: Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Wet Tropics (WT)
Distribution References
Diagnosis
Shell medium to large, subglobose with a low-domed to flat spire, last whorl very large and flared; protoconch, shiny, smooth, upper adult whorl surface with weak radial growth ridges intersected either by weak discontinuous spiral striae or continuous spiral grooves, underside of whorls with very weak radial growth lines and very fine microspiral striae; lip simple; umbilicus narrow to very wide, V-shaped. Shell colour yellow sometimes with irregular dark reddish-brown radial streaks. Animal with white dorsal stripe.
Diagnosis References
General References
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] [120]
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. [301] (as synonym of Strangesta)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17-Apr-2012 | ADDED |