Species Sitala normalis (Iredale, 1933)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Turrisitala normalis Iredale, T. 1933. Systematic notes on Australian land shells. Records of the Australian Museum 19: 37-59 [56] [replacement name; nom. nov. for Helix turriculata Cox, 1868].
• Helix turriculata Cox, J.C. 1868. A Monograph of Australian Land Shells. Sydney : Maddock 111 pp. [8] [junior homonym; preoccupied by Helix turriculata Fischer von Waldheim, 1830].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C101179, Miriam Vale, QLD.
  Paratype(s) AM C113613 1 specimen.
• Turrisitala wildiana Iredale, T. 1937. A basic list of the land Mollusca of Australia. Pt II. The Australian Zoologist 9: 1-39 [12 Nov. 1937] [11].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C63677, Cooktown, QLD.
  Paratype(s) AM C5751 1 specimen; SAMA D15580 3 specimens.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Smith, B.J. 1992. Non-Marine Mollusca. In, Houston, W.W.K. (ed.). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Non-marine Mollusca. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service Vol. 8 xii 408 pp. [243] (Stanisic, J. & Potter, D., pers. comm.)

 

Generic Combinations

• Sitala normalis (Iredale, 1933). —
  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] (changed combination, with treatment of Turrisitala Iredale, 1933 as nomen nudum)

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

From Cooktown, QLD to Dorrigo, NE NSW, possibly north to tip of Cape York

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

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)

Ecological Descriptors

Dry vine thickets, litter-dwelling, rainforest.

Extra Ecological Information

Possibly arboreal

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
03-Sep-2024	LIMACOIDEI ("Limacoid clade")	03-Sep-2024	MOVED
07-Feb-2014	EUCONULIDAE	30-Mar-2012	MODIFIED	Dr John Stanisic
05-Feb-2014		06-Feb-2012	MOVED
18-Jun-2010		26-Jul-2010	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)