Species Pravonitor kreffti (Cox, 1864)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Helix kreffti Cox, J.C. 1864. Catalogue of Australian Land Shells. Sydney : John Alex Engel 44 pp. [21].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM MO86003 (Col: J. Stanisic, D. Potter, 11 April 1985), Green Hill, Thursday Island, Torres Strait, QLD [−10.58, 142.28].
  Paratype(s) QM MO15572 (paraneotype), same data as neotype;
  Status unknown, whereabouts unknown presumed lost, Cape York, QLD.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• 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. [241] (based on original descriptions and an examination of types)

 

Generic Combinations

• Nanina (Macrochlamys) kreffti. —
  Cox, J.C. 1909. A list of the subclass Pulmonata found in Australia, Part I., not including Tasmania, Lord Howe’s Island (under the NSW Government), or the New Guinea Mainland and adjacent islands. Sydney : Frederick W. White pp. [6]
• Nitor (Pravonitor) kreffti. —
  Iredale, T. 1937. A basic list of the land Mollusca of Australia. Pt II. The Australian Zoologist 9: 1-39 [12 Nov. 1937] [3]
• Pravonitor kreffti (Cox, 1864). —
  Hyman, I.T. & Köhler, F. 2022. Homoplasy in shells discombobulated the taxonomy: revision of the larger helicarionid land snails of northern Queensland, Australia (Stylommatophora: Helicarionidae). Journal of Natural History 56(41-44): 1727-1799 [1782-1784]
• Helix (Thalassia) kreffti. —
  Brazier, J. 1876. List of land-shells collected during the Chevert Expedition. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 1: 117-133 [118]

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Weipa, E to Portland Roads and N to Bamaga, Cape York and Torres Strait islands, FN Qld

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Qld: Cape York Peninsula (CYP)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Dry vine thickets, under logs, woodland.

 

General References

Hyman, I.T. & Köhler, F. 2022. Homoplasy in shells discombobulated the taxonomy: revision of the larger helicarionid land snails of northern Queensland, Australia (Stylommatophora: Helicarionidae). Journal of Natural History 56(41-44): 1727-1799 [1782-1784] (updated diagnosis)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
15-Feb-2024	HELICARIONIDAE Bourguignat, 1877	04-Jan-2024	MODIFIED
05-Feb-2014	HELICARIONIDAE	03-Apr-2012	MODIFIED	Dr John Stanisic (BAAM)
18-Jun-2010		26-Jul-2010	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)