Species Westraltrachia commoda (Iredale, 1939)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Parrhagada commoda Iredale, T. 1939. A review of the land Mollusca of Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 2(1): 1-88 [published 1 Aug 1939; same text re-published 21 Aug.1939 in Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 25:1–88] [64].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C64871, Barker River Gorge, WA.
  Paratype(s) AM C64912 12 specimens; WAM 66–40 2 specimens.
• Parrhagada ferrosa Iredale, T. 1939. A review of the land Mollusca of Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 2(1): 1-88 [published 1 Aug 1939; same text re-published 21 Aug.1939 in Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 25:1–88] [65].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C64872, Barker River Gorge, WA.
  Paratype(s) AM C64913 6 specimens; WAM 67–40 2 specimens.

 

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 [501]

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

North and south side of Napier Range.

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Western Australia: N coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Saxicoline.

Extra Ecological Information

Under rocks.

 

General References

Solem, A. & Christensen, C. 1984. Camaenid land snail reproductive cycle and growth patterns in semi-arid areas of north-western Australia. Australian Journal of Zoology 32: 471-491 (breeding)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
05-Feb-2014	HELICOIDEA	26-Jul-2012	MODIFIED	Dr John Stanisic
		12-Feb-2010	(import)