Species Paralaoma gelida Iredale, 1941
Snowy Mountains Pinhead Snail
Compiler and date details
December 2013 - Dr John Stanisic
- Paralaoma gelida Iredale, T. 1941. Guide to the land shells of New South Wales. Pt II. Australian Naturalist 10: 262-269 [264].
Type data:
Syntype(s) AM C63691, Mt Kosciusko, NSW.
Introduction
Paralaoma gelida has more crowded radial ribs and a narrower umbilicus compared to Paralaoma caputspinulae.
Distribution
States
New South Wales
Extra Distribution Information
SE NSW
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
NSW: Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH)
Distribution References
Ecological Descriptors
Forest, litter-dwelling, woodland.
Diagnosis
Shell very small, waxy brown, turbinate with relatively high dome-shaped spire; whorls rounded; protoconch with cord-like spiral lirae, adult whorls with fairly closely spaced radial ribs and growth lines and fine spiral lirae; umbilicus narrow; diameter 2.5mm.
Diagnosis References
General References
Shea, M. pers. comm. The Australian Faunal Directory, http://biodiversity.org.au/afd (taxonomic decision to remove Paralaoma gelida Iredale, 1941 from synonymy with Paralaoma caputspinulae (Reeve, 1851))
Smith, B.J. & Kershaw, R.C. 1979. Field Guide to the Non-marine Molluscs of South-eastern Australia. Canberra : A.N.U. Press 285 pp. [264] (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement as synonym of Paralaoma caputspinulae)
History of changes
Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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06-Feb-2014 | PUNCTOIDEA | 05-Feb-2014 | MODIFIED | Dr John Stanisic |
12-Feb-2010 | (import) |