Species Prietocella barbara (Linnaeus, 1758)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Helix barbara Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundem classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiae : Laurentii Salvii Vol. 1 10, 824 pp. [773].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, whereabouts unknown presumed lost, locality unknown.

  Secondary source:

   Clerx, J.P.M. & Gittenberger, E. 1977. Einiger Über Cernuella (Pulmonata : Helicidae). Zoologische Mededelingen (Leiden) 52: 27-56 [148].
• Helix ventricosa Draparnaud, J.P.R. 1801. Tableau des Mollusques Terrestres et Fluviatiles de la France. Montpellier : F. Bonnarig 116 pp. [68] [non Helix ventricosa Bruguière, 1791].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) MNHP no number 4 specimens, Montpellier, France.

  Secondary source:

   Richardson, L. 1980. Helicidae: Catalogue of species. Tryonia 3: 1-697 [150].
• Helix (Cochlicella) ventrosa Férussac, A.E.J.P.J.F. d'A. de 1821. Tableaux Systematiques des Animaux Mollusques: suivis d'un prodrome général pour tous les mollusques terrestres ou fluviatiles vivantes ou fossiles. Paris : Bertrand xlvii 114 pp. [Jan. 1821] [56] [nom. nov. for Helix ventricosa Draparnaud, 1801].

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Kerney, M.P. & Cameron, R.A.D. 1979. A Field Guide to the Land Snails of Britain and North-West Europe. London : Collins 288 pp. [184]
• Barker, G.M. 1999. Naturalised terrestrial Stylommatophora (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Fauna of New Zealand, 38. Lincoln, Canterbury, New Zealand : Manaaki Whenua Press 253 pp. [75]

 

Generic Combinations

• Prietocella barbara (Linnaeus, 1758).

 

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Widespread through southern Australia as far northas Roma, Qld. Native to Europe, the Middle East and North Africa

Introduced from Europe.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IMCRA

Lord Howe Province (14)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Australian Capital Territory
  • Lord Howe Island
  • New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
  • South Australia: Murray-Darling basin, S Gulfs, SE coastal, W plateau
  • Tasmania
  • Victoria: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
  • Western Australia: SW coastal, W plateau

Ecological Descriptors

Herbivore.

Extra Ecological Information

Dunes, gardens, roadside vegetation, pasture and grain crops; living on vegetation and posts

 

General References

Baker, G.H. 1986. The biology and control of white snails (Mollusca: Helicidae), introduced pests in Australia. CSIRO Aust. Div. Entomol. Tech. Pap. No. 25 31 pp. (biology)

Barker, G.M. 1999. Naturalised terrestrial Stylommatophora (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Fauna of New Zealand, 38. Lincoln, Canterbury, New Zealand : Manaaki Whenua Press 253 pp. [75-77]

 

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)