Species Prolesophanta nelsonensis (Brazier, 1871)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Helix (Hyalina) nelsonensis Brazier, J. 1871. Descriptions of ten new species of land shells, collected by Mr W.F. Petterd, of Hobart Town, Tasmania. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1870: 659-662 [1 Apr. 1871] [661].

  Type data:

   Holotype QVM 9:110, Mt Nelson, TAS.
  Paratype(s) AM C101186 2 specimens.
• Helix (Paryphanta) fulgetrum Legrand, W. 1871. Collections for a Monograph of Tasmanian Land Shells. Hobart : W. Legrand (without page numbers). [Sept. 1871] [sp. 31].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, whereabouts unknown presumed lost, Brown's River, TAS.
• Tasmadelos nelsonensis abitens 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] [118].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, whereabouts unknown presumed lost, Launceston, TAS.

 

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

 

Generic Combinations

• Prolesophanta nelsonensis (Brazier, 1871).

 

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Tasmadelos nelsonensis arbitens Iredale, 1938. —
  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. [300] (misspelling of abitens)

 

Introduction

Prolesophanta nelsonensis differs from P. dyeri by having a wide umbilicus.

 

Distribution

States

Tasmania

Extra Distribution Information

Central and eastern Tasmania.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Tas: Ben Lomond (BEL), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Closed forest, open forest, predator.

Extra Ecological Information

Tall forest.

 

Diagnosis

Shell minute, uniform pale yellow and glassy without darker rays, discoidal, last whorl large and flared; protoconch smooth, teleoconch sculpture of radial growth ridges; umbilicus wide; diameter 2.5 – 3.5mm.

 

Diagnosis References

Smith, B.J. & Kershaw, R.C. 1979. Field Guide to the Non-marine Molluscs of South-eastern Australia. Canberra : A.N.U. Press 285 pp.

 

General References

Smith, B.J. & Kershaw, R.C. 1979. Field Guide to the Non-marine Molluscs of South-eastern Australia. Canberra : A.N.U. Press 285 pp.

 

History of changes

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