Species Rhagada elachystoma (Von Martens, 1878)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Helix elachystoma Martens, E.C. von 1878. Übersicht der während der Reise um die Erde in den Jahren 1874-1876 auf. S.M. Schiff Gazelle gesammelten Land und süsswasser Mollusken. Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1877: 261-291 [dated 1877] [273] [pl. 1, figs 8-9].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, whereabouts unknown presumed lost, Mermaid Strait, Dampier Archipelago, WA.

  Secondary source:

   Solem, A. 1997. Camaenid land snails from Western and central Australia (Mollusc: Pulmonata: Camaenidae). Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 50: 1461-1906 [1746] (synonymy).
• Rhagada dampierana Solem, A. 1997. Camaenid land snails from Western and central Australia (Mollusc: Pulmonata: Camaenidae). Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 50: 1461-1906 [1760] [pls 208b-d, 222c-f; figs 422d-f, 424a-c [radula, shell, anatomy]].

  Type data:

   Holotype WAM 766.87, SW part of Rosemary Island, Dampier Archipelago, WA.
  Paratype(s) WAM 219.74 several specimens; FMNH 208761 several specimens.
• Rhagada intermedia Solem, A. 1997. Camaenid land snails from Western and central Australia (Mollusc: Pulmonata: Camaenidae). Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 50: 1461-1906 [1743].

  Type data:

   Holotype WAM 764.87, Delambre Island, Dampier Archipelago, WA.
  Paratype(s) WAM 358.74 several specimens; FMNH 208770 several specimens.
• Rhagada minima Solem, A. 1997. Camaenid land snails from Western and central Australia (Mollusc: Pulmonata: Camaenidae). Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 50: 1461-1906 [1741] [pl. 207b-c; figs 418c-e [shell]].

  Type data:

   Holotype WAM 763.87, Rosemary Island, Dampier Archipelago, WA.
  Paratype(s) WAM 248.74 several specimens; FMNH 208772 several specimens.
• Rhagada (Tumegada) convicta perprima 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] [62] [pl. 4, fig. 13].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C64864, Rosemary Island, [Dampier Archipelago], WA.
  Paratype(s) AM C64867 2 specimens.
• Rhagada plicata Preston, H.B. 1914. Description of new species of land and marine shells from the Montebello Island, Western Australia. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 11: 13-18 [Date published 30 Mar. 1914] [13] [fig.].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) AM C64919 2 specimens, Montebello Islands, WA; BMNH 197016 1 specimen, Montebello Islands, WA.

  Secondary source:

   Solem, A. 1997. Camaenid land snails from Western and central Australia (Mollusc: Pulmonata: Camaenidae). Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 50: 1461-1906 [1738] (Solem does not mention any syntypes but lists a "paratype" FMNH 41617 ex Webb, Gude, Preston).

 

Generic Combinations

• Bellrhagada plicata (Preston, 1914). —
  Iredale, T. 1938. A basic list of the land Mollusca of Australia. Pt III. The Australian Zoologist 9: 83-124 [Date published 30 Nov. 1938] [114]
  Iredale, T. 1939. A review of the land Mollusca of Western Australia. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 25: 1-88 [21 Aug. 1939] [71, pl. 5, fig. 16]
  Richardson, L. 1985. Camaenidae: Catalogue of species. Tyronia 12: 1-479 [65]

 

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Rhagada sp. [small]. —
  Johnson, M.S., Hamilton, Z.R. & Fitzpatrick, J. 2006. Genetic biodiversity of Rhagada land snails on Barrow Island. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 89: 45-50 [Fig. 1]

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Rosemary and Kendrew Islands, Dampier Archipelago, WA - range 5 x 10 km.

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Western Australia: NW coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Litter, open scrub.

 

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 [1746] (pl. 207e-f; figs 420c-d [shell])

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
06-May-2020	HELICINA	09-Aug-2019	MODIFIED
05-Feb-2014	HELICOIDEA	26-Jul-2012	MODIFIED	Dr John Stanisic
		12-Feb-2010	(import)