Species Pupisoma microturbinata Stanisic, 2010

Museums

Regional Maps

• Pupisoma microturbinata Stanisic, J. 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. [100, 567] [etymology: referring to the combination of small size and turbinate shape].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM MO37145, Yessabah Caves, SW Kempsey, NSW [31°05'45"S, 152°41'20"E].
  Paratype(s) QM MO37756; QM MO52757; QM MO78499; AM SC407936.

 

Introduction

Pupisoma microturbinata can be distinguished fron P. porti by its smaller size, more tapering spire, narrower straight columella and less strongly impressed sutures.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Narooma, SE NSW to the Wet Tropics, NE QLD

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Dry vine thickets, subtropical rainforest, tropical rainforest.

Extra Ecological Information

Living on twigs and branches of shrubs and vines

 

Diagnosis

Shell minute, pale yellow-brown, high globose turbinate to almost pupiform; shell surface finely pitted with overlying fine growth lines; whorls rounded, sutures weakly impressed; columella narrow and straight,; imperforate; height 1.7mm.

 

Diagnosis References

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. [100]

 

General References

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. [100]

 

Common Name References

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. [100] (Turban Toothless Pupasnail)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
24-Jul-2012		24-Jul-2012	MODIFIED
		12-Apr-2012	ADDED