Species Pedinogyra hayii (Griffith & Pidgeon, 1833)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Helix hayii Griffith, E. & Pidgeon, E. 1833. The Mollusca and Radiata. pp. 1–192 in Cuvier, G.L.C.F.D. (ed.). The Animal Kingdom. London : Whittaker & Co. Vol. 12 601 pp. 40 pls. [pl. 36, fig. 4] [cited in BMNH register as type of Helix cunninghami Gray, 1834, see Iredale, T. 1937. A basic list of the land Mollusca of Australia. Pt II. Australian Zoologist 9: 1–39 [12 Nov. 1937] (17)].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1963861, Toowoomba, QLD.

  Secondary source:

   Iredale, T. 1937. A basic list of the land Mollusca of Australia. Pt II. The Australian Zoologist 9: 1-39 [12 Nov. 1937].
• Helix cunninghami Griffith, E. & Pidgeon, E. 1833. The Mollusca and Radiata. pp. 1–192 in Cuvier, G.L.C.F.D. (ed.). The Animal Kingdom. London : Whittaker & Co. Vol. 12 601 pp. 40 pls. [pl. 36, fig. 4] [nom. nud.; type figure of Helix hayii Griffith and Pidgeon, 1833].
• Helix tupinieri Eydoux, J.F.T. 1838. Mollusques du voyage de la Favorite. Magazin de Zoologie, Guérin-Ménéville 1838: 1-12 pls 114-119 [1, pl. 114].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, whereabouts unknown presumed lost, Manilla, Philippines.

  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] [16].
• Pedinogyra cunninghami maricae Falconieri, A. 1994. Pedinogyra cunninghami maricae subspecies nova. World Shells 8: 88-91 [88].

  Type data:

   Holotype (questionable type material was to be deposited in the Tokyo Museum), Mount Usher, Queensland (unknown locality).

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Iredale, T. 1937. A basic list of the land Mollusca of Australia. Pt II. The Australian Zoologist 9: 1-39 [12 Nov. 1937] [15]

 

Generic Combinations

• Pedinogyra hayii (Griffith & Pidgeon, 1833).

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Toowoomba to Gympie, SE Qld

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Queensland: NE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Rainforest, under litter, under logs, vine thicket.

Extra Ecological Information

Living under deep litter

 

General References

Dartnall, A.J. & Dartnall, J.A. 1972. Notes on the reproductive anatomy and cytogenetics of some Australian acavacean molluscs. Australian Journal of Zoology 20: 79-81 (cytogenetics)

Hedley, C. 1889. Anatomical notes on the Helicidae. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 6: 62-63 (anatomy)

 

History of changes

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