Species Scelidoropa tamarensis (Petterd, 1879)

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Species Scelidoropa tamarensis (Petterd, 1879)

Tamar River Pinwheel Snail

Helix tamarensis Petterd, W.F. 1879. A Monograph of the Land Shells of Tasmania. Launceston : privately published vi 55 pp. [Apr. 1879] [30] [proposed as a nom. nov. for Helix rosacea Petterd, 1879; this name, however, was published before Helix rosacea].
Type data:
Holotype AM C13529, Launceston, TAS.
Helix rosacea Petterd, W.F. 1879. Descriptions of some new Tasmanian Helices. Journal of Conchology 2: 210-217 [Apr. 1879] [213] [non Helix rosacea Müller, 1774; holotype also identified as type of Helix tamarensis Petterd, 1879].
Type data:
Holotype AM C13529, NE TAS.
Secondary source:
Petterd, W.F. 1879. A Monograph of the Land Shells of Tasmania. Launceston : privately published vi 55 pp. [Apr. 1879] [30].
Pernagera monticola Iredale, T. 1941. Guide to the land shells of New South Wales. Pt III. Australian Naturalist 11: 1-8 [1].
Type data:
Holotype AM C63502, Mt Kosciusko, NSW.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

Smith, B.J. & Kershaw, R.C. 1979. Field Guide to the Non-marine Molluscs of South-eastern Australia. Canberra : A.N.U. Press 285 pp. [266]

Generic Combinations

Scelidoropa tamarensis (Petterd, 1879). —
Stanisic, J., Shea, M., Potter, D. & Griffiths, O. 2017. Australian Land Snails. Volume 2. A field guide to southern, central and western species. Mauritius : Bioculture Press Vol. 2 pp. 580. [for nomenclature purposes, all taxa described in this volume must be dated 2018] [570]

Distribution

States

Tasmania, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

S VIC, N 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)

IBRA

Tas, Vic: Flinders (FLI), King (KIN), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- Tasmania
- Victoria: SE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Litter, open forest.

Extra Ecological Information

Tall forest.

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)
03-Oct-2018	HETEROBRANCHIA	03-Jul-2018	MODIFIED	Ingo Burghardt (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri
06-Feb-2014	PUNCTOIDEA	01-May-2012	MODIFIED	Dr John Stanisic
		12-Feb-2010	(import)

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