Species Ponderconcha morosa (Morelet, 1853)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Helix morosa Morelet, A. 1853. Description de coquilles nouvelles de l'Australie. Journal de Conchyliologie 4: 369-374 [1 Nov. 1853] [369, pl. 11, fig. 15].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH (note in register: type smashed in transit from France), Moreton Bay, QLD.
• Meridolum ascensum 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] [84].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C82681, 5 specimens, Lower Richmond River, NSW.
  Syntype(s) AM C100715, 1 specimen, Lower Richmond River, NSW.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Stanisic. J. & Potter, D. in Stanisic, J., Shea, M., Potter, D. & Griffiths, O. 2010. Australian Land Snails. A field guide to eastern Australian species. Mauritius : Bioculture Press Vol. 1 595 pp. [426]

Generic Combinations

• Ponderconcha morosa (Morelet, 1853).

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Richmond River, NE NSW to the Moreton Bay area, SE Qld (coastal)

Ecological Descriptors

Forest, under logs, under rocks, woodland.

History of changes