Genus Westraltrachia Iredale, 1933

Museums

Regional Maps

• Westraltrachia Iredale, T. 1933. Systematic notes on Australian land shells. Records of the Australian Museum 19: 37-59 [55] [the controversy over the status of this name has not been resolved; I here follow Solem, A. 1984. Camaenid land snails from Western and Central Australia (Mollusca : Pulmonata : Camaenidae). IV. Taxa from the Kimberley, Westraltrachia Iredale, 1933 and related genera. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 17: 427–705].

  Type species:

   Trachia froggatti Ancey, 1898 by original designation.

  Secondary source:

   Solem, A. 1984. Camaenid land snails from Western and Central Australia (Mollusca : Pulmonata : Camaenidae). IV. Taxa from the Kimberley, Westraltrachia Iredale, 1933 and related genera. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 17: 427-705.
• Parrhagada 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] [114].

  Type species:

   Thersites (Rhagada) woodwardi Fulton, 1902 by original designation.
• Zygotrachia Iredale, T. 1939. A review of the land Mollusca of Western Australia. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 25: 1-88 [21 Aug. 1939] [50].

  Type species:

   Westraltrachia (Zygotrachia) alterna Iredale, 1939 by original designation.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Solem, A. 1984. Camaenid land snails from Western and Central Australia (Mollusca : Pulmonata : Camaenidae). IV. Taxa from the Kimberley, Westraltrachia Iredale, 1933 and related genera. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 17: 427-705 [431]

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Western Australia: N coastal

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
05-Feb-2014	HELICOIDEA	05-Feb-2014	MODIFIED	Dr John Stanisic
		12-Feb-2010	(import)