Species Quistrachia leptogramma (Pfeiffer, 1846)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Helix leptogramma Pfeiffer, L. 1846. Descriptions of thirty-six new species of Helix, belonging to the collection of H. Cuming, Esq. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 126-133 [Feb. 1846] [127].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH 1844.12.11.55, Cygnet Bay, WA.
  Paralectotype(s) BMNH 1844.17.11.56 1 specimen.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Solem, A. 1997. Camaenid land snails from Western and central Australia (Mollusc: Pulmonata: Camaenidae). Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 50: 1461-1906 [1848] (labelled "possible lectotype").

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Broome to Cape Leveque, Dampier Land, WA.

Australian Endemic.

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Western Australia: N coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Open scrub, saxicoline, under rocks.

Extra Ecological Information

Also gardens in Broome.

 

General References

Solem, A. 1997. Camaenid land snails from Western and central Australia (Mollusc: Pulmonata: Camaenidae). Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 50: 1461-1906 [1844] (pls 236a-d; figs 447a-c, 448a-c, 449a-b [radula, shell, anatomy])

 

History of changes

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