Species Pleuropoma gouldiana (Forbes, 1852)

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Species Pleuropoma gouldiana (Forbes, 1852)

Cape York Goblet-snail

Helicina gouldiana Forbes, E. 1851. On the Mollusca collected by Mr MacGillivray during the voyage of the Rattlesnake. In, MacGillivray, J. (ed.). Narrative of the Voyage of the H.M.S. Rattlesnake, commanded by the late Captain Owen Stanley, during the years 1846-1850. London : T. & W. Boone Vol. 2 395 pp. [Dec. 1851] [382].
Type data:
Syntype(s) BMNH 1859.3.11.10. (4 specimens), Two Isles, QLD.
Helicina reticulata Pfeiffer, L. 1863. Descriptions of thirty-six new land-shells, from the collection of H. Cuming, Esq. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1862: 268-278 [Apr. 1863] [277].
Type data:
Syntype(s) BMNH 1983083 (3 specimens), Cape Flattery, QLD.
Helicina fumigata Sowerby, G.B. 1866. Thesaurus Conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells. London : G.B. Sowerby Vol. 3 277-331 pls 266-290. [290] [unnecessary replacement name for Helicina gouldiana Forbes, 1852; not warranted, Smith, B.J. 1992. Non-Marine Mollusca. In, Houston, W.W.K. (ed). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service Vol. 8 pp. xii 408., as supposed senior homonym not Helicina but Trochatella gouldiana Pfeiffer, 1850].
Helicina lizardensis Cox, J.C. 1868. A Monograph of Australian Land Shells. Sydney : Maddock 111 pp. [107].
Type data:
Status unknown, presumed lost, Lizard Is., QLD.
Aphanoconia (Sphaeroconia) subreticulata Wagner, A.J. 1909. Die familie der Helicinidae. pp. 161-216 in Küster, H.C., Martini, F.W. & Chemnitz, J.H. (eds). Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet. Nürnberg : Bauer & Raspe Bd 1 Abt. 18 (Neue Folge). [196].
Type data:
Syntype(s) UMMZ 72212 (1 specimen), QLD (in error, as New Hebrides).
Type locality references:
Solem, A. 1959. Systematics of the land and freshwater Mollusca of the New Hebrides. Fieldiana Zoology 43: 1-234 [178].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

Iredale, T. 1937. A basic list of the land Mollusca of Australia. The Australian Zoologist 8: 287-333 [12 Mar. 1937] [292]
Smith, B.J. 1992. Non-Marine Mollusca. In, Houston, W.W.K. (ed.). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Non-marine Mollusca. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service Vol. 8 xii 408 pp. [41] (after Solem, A. 1959. Systematics of the land and freshwater Mollusca of the New Hebrides. Fieldiana Zoology 43: 1–234 [179])

Generic Combinations

Pleuropoma gouldiana (Forbes, 1851).

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Mossman Gorge, NE Qld to tip of Cape York Peninsula and Torres Strait islands

Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.

IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

IBRA

Qld: Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- Queensland: NE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Arboreal, detritivore, tropical rainforest.

Extra Ecological Information

Living on leaves of trees and low shrubs

General References

Bourne, G.C. 1911. Contributions to the morphology of the group Neritacea of the aspidobranch gastropods. Part II. The Helicinidae. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1911: 759-809 (morphology)

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type
15-Sep-2023	NERITIMORPHA Golikov & Starobogatov, 1975	16-Jul-2023	MODIFIED
28-Mar-2012		05-Apr-2012	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)

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