Genus Sitala H. Adams, 1865

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• Sitala Adams, H 1865. Helicidae: Helicellinae. pp. 407-408 in Wallace, A. R. List of the land shells collected by Mr. Wallace in the Malay Archipelago, with descriptions of the new species by Mr. Henry Adams. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1865: 405-416, pl. 21 [https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28497364] [408].

  Type species:

   Helix infula W. H. Benson, 1848 by original designation.
• Turrisitala Iredale, T. 1933. Systematic notes on Australian land shells. Records of the Australian Museum 19: 37-59 [55] [nomen nudum; unavailable, no description provided, see Köhler & Bouchet (2020)].

  Type species:

   Turrisitala normalis Iredale, 1933 by original designation.

  Secondary source:

   Köhler, F. & Bouchet, P. 2020. On unavailable genus-group names introduced by Tom Iredale for Australian non-marine gastropods: nomenclatural clarifications and descriptions of new genera. Molluscan Research 40(2): 150-159 [154].

 

Introduction

Iredale (1933) did not provide a description of the genus Turrisitala sufficient to distinguish it from Sitala and since Köhler & Bouchet (2020) were uncertain as to whether ‘Turrisitala normalis’ warranted recognition as a distinct genus they retained the species as a member of Sitala.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

NE NSW to FN Qld.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT) ; NSW, Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
	LIMACOIDEI ("Limacoid clade")	03-Sep-2024	ADDED