Species Pygmipanda kershawi (Brazier, 1872)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Bulimus (Liparus) kershawi Brazier, J. 1872. Description of eight new Australian Land-Shells. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1871: 639-642 [2 May 1872] [641].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C63318, Snowy River, Gippsland, VIC.
• Pygmipanda kershawi divulsa Iredale, T. 1937. A basic list of the land Mollusca of Australia. Pt II. The Australian Zoologist 9: 1-39 [12 Nov. 1937] [18].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) AM C63319 3 specimens, Moonbar, Mt Kosciusko, NSW.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• 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. [264]

 

Generic Combinations

• Pygmipanda kershawi (Brazier, 1872).

 

Distribution

States

Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

E Gippsland, NE Vic to Kosciusko NP, SE NSW

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: SE coastal
  • Victoria: SE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Litter, open forest, woodland.

Extra Ecological Information

Tall forest.

 

General References

Dartnall, A.J. & Dartnall, J.A. 1972. Notes on the reproductive anatomy and cytogenetics of some Australian acavacean molluscs. Australian Journal of Zoology 20: 79-81 (cytogenetics)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
04-Feb-2014	ACAVOIDEA	26-Jul-2012	MODIFIED	Dr John Stanisic
		12-Feb-2010	(import)