Subspecies Musculium (Sphaerinova) tasmanicum queenslandicum (E.A. Smith, 1882)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Sphaerium queenslandicum Smith, E.A. 1882. On the freshwater shells of Australia. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 16: 255-316 [305, pl. 7, fig. 33].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1879.5.21.779, Limestone Ck, Burdekin River, Qld.

Generic Combinations

• Musculium (Sphaerinova) tasmanicum queenslandicum (E.A. Smith, 1882). —
  Korniushin, A.V. 2000. Review of the Family Sphaeriidae (Mollusca: Bivalvia) of Australia, with the description of four new species. Records of the Australian Museum 52: 41-102 [51] (new combination)

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NT, Qld: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Filter-feeder, lentic freshwater.

General References

Korniushin, A.V. 2000. Review of the Family Sphaeriidae (Mollusca: Bivalvia) of Australia, with the description of four new species. Records of the Australian Museum 52: 41-102 [51]

History of changes