Species Plectorhagada plectilis (Benson, 1853)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Helix plectilis Benson, W.H. 1853. Characters of several Helices from West Australia and the Mauritius; with notes on some species of Cyclostoma from Borneo. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 2 11: 29-33 [1 Jan. 1853] [29].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) UMZC 2394 4 specimens, Shark Bay, WA.
• Helix paleata Reeve, L.A. 1854. Monograph of the genus Helix pls 175–209. In, Reeve, L.A. (ed.). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 7. [sp. 1399, pl. 199] [Dec. 1854].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH 197015, banks of the Swan River, WA (error) = Shark Bay, WA.
  Paralectotype(s) BMNH 197015 1 specimen.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Solem, A. 1997. Camaenid land snails from Western and central Australia (Mollusc: Pulmonata: Camaenidae). Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 50: 1461-1906.

  Type locality references:

  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] [113].

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Solem, A. 1997. Camaenid land snails from Western and central Australia (Mollusc: Pulmonata: Camaenidae). Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 50: 1461-1906 [1579]

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Shark Bay region, WA - E-W range about 90 km.

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Western Australia: NW coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Saxicoline, under rocks.

 

General References

Solem, A. 1997. Camaenid land snails from Western and central Australia (Mollusc: Pulmonata: Camaenidae). Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 50: 1461-1906 [1579] (pls 190a-c, 194a-e; figs 388a-c, 391a-b [radula, shell, anatomy])

 

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)