Species Sphaerospira blomfieldi (Cox, 1864)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Helix blomfieldi Cox, J.C. 1864. Catalogue of Australian Land Shells. Sydney : John Alex Engel 44 pp. [19].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) AM C106782 2 specimens, Miriam Vale and Port Curtis, QLD.
• Hadra blomfieldi warroensis Hedley, C. & Musson, C.T. 1892. On a collection of land and fresh water shells from Queensland. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2 6: 551-564 [Date published 23 May 1892] [556].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, whereabouts unknown presumed lost, Warro, near Port Curtis, QLD.
• Thersites concors Fulton, H.C. 1904. A critical list of the Sphaerospira section of Thersites. Journal of Malacology 11: 2-10 [25 Apr. 1904] [8].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1904.7.29.57, Gayndah, QLD.

 

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. [154] (based on original descriptions and an examination of types)
• Stanisic, J. The Australian Faunal Directory, http://biodiversity.org.au/afd (pers. comm. 2002)

 

Generic Combinations

• Sphaerospira blomfieldi (Cox, 1864).

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Gayndah to Rockhampton, SE Qld

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Queensland: NE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Open woodland, under debris, under logs, vine thicket.

 

General References

Hedley, C. 1889. Notes on Queensland land shells. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 6: 100-103 [103] (anatomy, radula)

 

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)