Species Pupoides pacificus (Pfeiffer, 1846)

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• Pupa pacifica Pfeiffer, L. 1846. Descriptions of thirty new species of Helicea, belonging to the collection of H. Cuming, Esq. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 14: 28-34 [May 1846] [31].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH 1983073 4 specimens, Sir Charles Hardy's Is., QLD.

  Type locality references:

  Iredale, T. 1937. A basic list of the land Mollusca of Australia. The Australian Zoologist 8: 287-333 [12 Mar. 1937] [304].
• Themapupa anapacifica Iredale, T. 1939. A review of the land Mollusca of Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 2(1): 1-88 [published 1 Aug 1939; same text re-published 21 Aug.1939 in Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 25:1–88] [10].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C64863, Forrest River, WA.
  Paratype(s) AM C64902 15 specimens; WAM 23–40 3 specimens.
• Themapupa dirupta Iredale, T. 1939. A review of the land Mollusca of Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 2(1): 1-88 [published 1 Aug 1939; same text re-published 21 Aug.1939 in Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 25:1–88] [11].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C64897, Barrier-Napier Range, WA.
  Paratype(s) AM C64896 2 specimens; WAM 24–40 1 specimen.
• Themapupa comperta Iredale, T. 1940. Guide to the land shells of New South Wales. Australian Naturalist 10: 227-236 [235].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C101060, Collarenebri, NSW.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Solem, A. 1989. Non-camaenid land snails of the Kimberley and Northern Territory, Australia. I. Systematics, affinities and ranges. Invertebrate Taxonomy 2(4): 455-604 [513]

 

Generic Combinations

• Pupoides pacificus (Pfeiffer, 1846). —
  Pilsbry, H.A. 1920-1921. Manual of Conchology. 2 Philadelphia : Academy of Natural Sciences Vol. 26 254pp. [141] (1921)

 

Introduction

Pupoides pacificus is widespread species occurring from New South Wales through Queensland and the Top End to north Western Australia. It is distinguished from sympatric pupillids by the combination of comparatively large size and aperture with a single parietal barrier.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Monaro Plains and Delegate River, SE NSW to Torres Strait Islands, FN QLD, and elsewhere across northern Australia to as far south as the Hammersley Range area in WA

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, NT, Qld, Vic, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Dampierland (DL), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), Pine Creek (PCK), Pilbara (PIL), Sydney Basin (SB), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Sturt Plateau (STU), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Dry vine thickets, under logs, under rocks, woodland.

 

Diagnosis

Shell very small, light brown, elongate-conical, dextral; shell surface smooth with very weak growth lines; aperture ovate with a small tooth at parieto-palatal angle; lip strongly reflected; umbilicus a narrow chink; height to 5 mm.

 

Diagnosis References

Solem, A. 1989. Non-camaenid land snails of the Kimberley and Northern Territory, Australia. I. Systematics, affinities and ranges. Invertebrate Taxonomy 2(4): 455-604 [513]

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. [98]

 

General References

Köhler, F., Kessner, V. & Whisson, C. 2012. New records of non-marine, non-camaenid gastropods (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from islands off the Kimberley coast, Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 27: 21-39 [30]

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. [296]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
24-Jul-2012		24-Jul-2012	MODIFIED
27-Jun-2012		27-Jun-2012	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)