Species Rhachistia histrio (Pfeiffer, 1855)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Bulimus histrio Pfeiffer, L. 1855. Descriptions of sixteen new species of Helicea from the collection of H. Cuming, Esq. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1854: 122-126 [7 Apr. 1855] [124].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH 1982232 3 specimens, Tanna, New Hebrides.
• Bulimus bidwilli Cox, J.C. 1868. A Monograph of Australian Land Shells. Sydney : Maddock 111 pp. [72].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, whereabouts unknown presumed lost, Burnett River, QLD.
• Papuina folicola Hedley, C. 1893. Notes on Papuina. Nautilus 7: 73-74 [73] [unnecessary nom. nov. for Bulimus bidwilli Cox, 1868; the senior homonym quoted is Helix bidwilli Reeve, 1853].

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Solem, A. 1959. Systematics of the land and freshwater Mollusca of the New Hebrides. Fieldiana Zoology 43: 1-234 [60]

 

Generic Combinations

• Rhachistia histrio (Pfeiffer, 1855).

 

Introduction

A widely spread species emanating from East Africa. The species exact route of introduction into Australia is unknown, but it is possible that it may have come via Vanuatu or New Caledonia. Its current distribution in Queensland is difficult to reconcile.

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

An introduced species recorded discontinuously from Goodnight Scrub, SE QLD to Mt Garnet, NE QLD.

Introduced from East Africa possibly via Vanuatu or New caledonia.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Qld: Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Arboreal, rainforest, tree dweller, vine thicket.

Extra Ecological Information

Living on leaves of trees

 

Diagnosis

Shell medium to large, cream, yellow or pink with solid or broken spiral bands of black, reddish-brown and bluish-grey, apex dark bluish-grey, conical and thin with rounded whorls; surface smooth, porcelain-like and opaque; lip simple; imperforate; height to 22 mm.

 

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. [114]

 

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. [114] (Spotted Porcelain Snail)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
04-Apr-2012		05-Apr-2012	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)