Species Mysticarion leucospira (Pfeiffer, 1857)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Vitrina leucospira Pfeiffer, L. 1857. Descriptions of fifty-seven new species of Helicea from the collection of H. Cuming, Esq. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1856: 324-336 [10 Mar. 1857] [326].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH 197781 3 specimens, N NSW.

  Type locality references:

  Iredale, T. 1937. A basic list of the land Mollusca of Australia. Pt II. The Australian Zoologist 9: 1-39 [12 Nov. 1937] [9].

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• 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. [238] (Kershaw, R.C.)

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Extra Distribution Information

N NSW.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

NSW: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Channel Country (CHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: SE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Arboreal, closed forest, litter.

Extra Ecological Information

Tall forest.

 

General References

Baker, H.B. 1941. Zonitid snails from Pacific Islands. Pt III & IV. Genera other than Microcystinae. Bulletin of the Bernice P. Bishop Museum 166: 205-370 (anatomy)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
03-Oct-2018	HETEROBRANCHIA	05-Jun-2018	MODIFIED	Ingo Burghardt (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri
18-Jun-2010		26-Jul-2010	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)