Species Salinator fragilis (Lamarck, 1822)

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Species Salinator fragilis (Lamarck, 1822)

Ampullaria fragilis Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de M. 1822. Histoire Naturelle des Animaux sans Vertèbres. Suite des Gastéropodes. Paris : J.B. Lamarck Vol. 6(2) 232 pp. [Date published Apr. 1822] [179].
Type data:
Lectotype GMNH 1094/1A, King George's Sound, WA.
Paralectotype(s) GMNH 1094/1B 1 specimen.
Subsequent designation references:
Smythe, K.R. 1975. On the occurence of Salinator fragilis (Lamarck) in the Arabian Gulf. Journal of Conchology 28: 335-338 [337].

Distribution

States

South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Southern Australia from Perth, WA to Port Phillip, VIC and also known from southern TAS.

Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.

IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

IMCRA

Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- South Australia: Great Australian Bight, S Gulfs coast
- Tasmania: Tas. coast
- Victoria: Bass Strait
- Western Australia: Lower W coast, SW coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Detritivore, mangrove, salt marsh.

Extra Ecological Information

Sandy mudflats and estuarine saltmarsh, often buried in sandy mud at high tide or in permanent pools and sometimes present at high densities.

General References

Fraeme, M.E. 1940. Estuarine shell and egg girdle. Victorian Naturalist 56(11): 178 (breeding)

Golding, R.E., Ponder, W.F. & Byrne, M. 2007. Taxonomy and anatomy of Amphiboloidea (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia: Archaeopulmonata). Zootaxa 1476: 1-50 [10] (redescription)

Smythe, K.R. 1975. Salinator fragilis (Lamarck) – habitat and behaviour. Journal of Conchology 28: 339-342 (behaviour)

Woolacott, L. 1945. The establishment of Salinator fragilis Lamarck and Salinator solida von Martens as two distinct species in Australia. Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales 1944–1945: 35-38 (Ampullaria quoyana Potiez & Michaud, 1838 placed in incertae sedis)

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
		12-Feb-2010	(import)

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