Species Rhagada torulus (Férussac, 1819)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Helix torulus Férussac, A.E.J.P.J.F. d'A. de 1819. Histoire Naturelle Générale et Particulière des Mollusques Terrestres et Fluviatiles. Paris Livr. 1–5 pp. 1–96. [34] [pl. 28, figs. 3-4].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) MNHP no number 1 specimen, Shark Bay, WA (as New Holland) - restricted to Bernier Island, Shark Bay.

  Type locality references:

  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] [58].

  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 [1683].

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Bernier Island, Shark Bay to Warroora Station, WA.

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Western Australia: NW coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Saxicoline, under rocks.

 

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 [1680] (pls 205e, 211a-f; figs 403a-e, 404a-e [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)