Species Pythia scarabaeus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Helix scarabaeus 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. [768].

  Type data:

   Holotype LS 541, "Asia montibus".
  Paratype(s) ZIUU U743, "Asia montibus"; ZIUU U744, "Asia montibus".
• Pythia argenvillei Pfeiffer, L.G.C. 1853. Neue Pythia - Arten. Malakozoologische Blätter 10: 189-192 [191].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH 1968639 3 specimens, "in septentrionali Australiae".

 

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. [219]

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Throughout the Pacific.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Channel Country (CHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Queensland: NE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Mangrove, supratidal, woodland.

Extra Ecological Information

Semi-terrestrial, associated with mangroves and other coastal habitats.

 

General References

Cernohorsky, W.O. 1972. Marine Shells of the Pacific. Sydney : Pacific Publications Vol. 2 411 pp., 68 pls. [212] (distribution)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
		12-Feb-2010	(import)