Species Sphaerospira fraseri (Griffith & Pidgeon, 1833)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Helix fraseri Griffith, E. & Pidgeon, E. 1833. The Mollusca and Radiata. pp. 1–192 in Cuvier, G.L.C.F.D. (ed.). The Animal Kingdom. London : Whittaker & Co. Vol. 12 601 pp. 40 pls. [pl. 36, fig. 6, facing p. 29].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH 1847.4.12. 17–18 2 specimens, Australia (as New Holland).
• Helix capucinus Férussac, A.E.J.P.J.F. d'A. de 1835. The animal kingdom. Bulletin Zoologique 1835(2): 73-74 [74] [nom. nud., see Iredale, T. 1937. A basic list of the land Mollusca of Australia. Pt II. Australian Zoologist 9: 1–39 [12 Nov. 1937] (28)].

  Secondary source:

   Iredale, T. 1937. A basic list of the land Mollusca of Australia. Pt II. The Australian Zoologist 9: 1-39 [12 Nov. 1937].
• Helix coarctata Férussac, A.E.J.P.J.F. d'A. de 1839. Histoire Naturelle Générale et Particulière des Mollusques Terrestres et Fluviatiles. Paris livr. 29–30 plus plates. [15 June 1839] [pl. 106, figs 6-7] [non Helix coarctata Montagu, 1803].

  Type data:

   Holotype MNHP no number, locality unknown.
• Helix fraseri flavescens Hedley, C. 1888. Description of a new slug, with notes on other terrestrial Mollusca. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 5: 150-153 [151].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C100634, Currumbin Creek, QLD.
• Bentosites blomfieldi latior Iredale, T. 1933. Systematic notes on Australian land shells. Records of the Australian Museum 19: 37-59 [45].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C100641, Mary River, QLD.
• Sphaerospira fraseri permuta Iredale, T. 1937. A basic list of the land Mollusca of Australia. Pt II. The Australian Zoologist 9: 1-39 [12 Nov. 1937] [28].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C100627*, Clarence River, NSW.
  Paratype(s) AM C106830 1 specimen.
• Sphaerospira fraseri feriarum Iredale, T. 1937. A basic list of the land Mollusca of Australia. Pt II. The Australian Zoologist 9: 1-39 [12 Nov. 1937] [28].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C45024, Stradbroke Is., QLD.
• Sphaerospira parallela Iredale, T. 1937. A basic list of the land Mollusca of Australia. Pt II. The Australian Zoologist 9: 1-39 [12 Nov. 1937] [28].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C100645, Blackall Ranges, QLD.
  Paratype(s) AM C31670 2 specimens; AM C48904 1 specimen; AM C79217 20+ specimens.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Iredale, T. 1937. A basic list of the land Mollusca of Australia. Pt II. The Australian Zoologist 9: 1-39 [12 Nov. 1937] [27]
• 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. [156] (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 fraseri (Griffith & Pidgeon, 1833). —
  Mörch, O.A.L. 1867. Abrégé de l'histoire de la classification moderne des mollusques basée principalement sur l'armature linguale. Journal de Conchyliologie 15: 232-258 [1 July 1867] [256] (placed in new genus Sphaerospira)
  Iredale, T. 1937. A basic list of the land Mollusca of Australia. Pt II. The Australian Zoologist 9: 1-39 [12 Nov. 1937] [27]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Gladstone, QLD to Clarence River, NE NSW, with scattered records further north and south

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, Qld: NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

Ecological Descriptors

Rainforest, sclerophyll forest, under logs, under rocks.

Extra Ecological Information

Tall forest.

 

General References

Bishop, M.J. 1978. Anatomical notes on the Australian camaenid land snail Sphaerospira fraseri (Griffith & Pidgeon). Journal of Molluscan Studies 44: 200-208 [200] (anatomy)

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

King, H. 1975. The reproductive biology and general ecology of Sphaerospira fraseri (Griffin & Pidgeon) (Pulmonata : Camaenidae). Unpubl. M.Sc. Thesis. Univ. Queensland : St Lucia. (reproductive biology, ecology)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
13-Mar-2025	CAMAENIDAE Pilsbry, 1895	06-Sep-2024	MODIFIED
05-Feb-2014	HELICOIDEA	26-Jul-2012	MODIFIED	Dr John Stanisic
		12-Feb-2010	(import)