Species Sinumelon nullarboricum (Tate, 1879)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Helix nullarborica Tate, R. 1879. Descriptions of new species of South Australian pulmoniferous snails. Transactions and Proceedings of the Philosophical Society of South Australia 1878–9: 133-136 [Dec. 1880] [133] [pl. 6, figs. 1a-b].

  Type data:

   Holotype SAMA D13602, Bunda Plateau, Nullabor Plain, SA.
  Paratype(s) SAMA D15542 3 specimens.
• Sinumelon datum 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] [53] [pl. 3, fig. 18].

  Type data:

   Holotype WAM 8878, Eucla, WA.
  Paratype(s) WAM 8878 2 specimens; AM C64840 4 specimens.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Solem, A. 1997. Camaenid land snails from Western and central Australia (Mollusc: Pulmonata: Camaenidae). Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 50: 1461-1906 [1531]

 

Distribution

States

South Australia, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Far southern Nullarbor Plain, SA, WA - range over 825 km E-W.

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • South Australia: W plateau
  • Western Australia: W plateau

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 [1531] (pls 183c-e, 186a-c; figs 377c-d, 381a-c [radual, 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)