Species Saladelos commixta Iredale, 1933
Saladelos commixta, dorsal view. Diameter of shell: 11 mm.
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Saladelos commixta, ventral view.
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Species Saladelos commixta Iredale, 1933
Mount Cook Carnivorous Snail
Compiler and date details
October 2012 - Dr John Stanisic
- Saladelos commixta Iredale, T. 1933. Systematic notes on Australian land shells. Records of the Australian Museum 19: 37-59 [48] [nom. nov. for Helix splendidula Pfeiffer, 1846].
- Helix splendidula 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] [128] [non Helix splendidula Gmelin, 1791].
Type data:
Status unknown, whereabouts unknown presumed lost, East Australia, near Torres Strait, QLD.
Introduction
Saladelos commixta is readily distinguished from sympatric rhytidids by the channelled sutures and sculpture of bold spiral grooves. The Palmerville populations may represent a separate species.
Distribution
States
Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
S of Cooktown in the east and Palmerville in the west, NE QLD to Cape York Peninsula, FN QLD
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
Qld: Einasleigh Uplands (EIU)
Distribution References
Ecological Descriptors
Rainforest, under litter, under logs.
Extra Ecological Information
Dry rainforest
Diagnosis
Shell small to medium-sized, creamy-yellow, subdiscoidal, with a low domed spire; sutures channelled; teleoconch sculpture of weak curved radial ridges and prominent spiral grooves above that continue onto the protoconch, shiny with very weak to vague spiral striae below; umbilicus very wide, cup-shaped; diameter 11mm.
Diagnosis References
General 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. [126, 154, 572] (taxonomic decision)
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. [154] (Mount Cook Carnivorous Snail)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 19-Apr-2012 | ADDED |