Species Sphaerospira rockhamptonensis (Cox, 1873)

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Regional Maps

• Helix rockhamptonensis Cox, J.C. 1873. Descriptions of new land-shells from Australia and the Solomon Islands. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1873: 146-152 [June 1873] [151].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) AM C100638 4 specimens, Rockhampton, QLD.
• Helix moresbyi Angas, G.F. 1876. Descriptions of four new species of Helix, with some notes on Helix angasiana of Pfeiffer. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1876: 265-268 [1 June 1876] [267].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) HMNT no number 2 specimens, Rockhampton, QLD.

  Type locality references:

  Iredale, T. 1937. A basic list of the land Mollusca of Australia. Pt II. The Australian Zoologist 9: 1-39 [12 Nov. 1937] [31].
• Helix planibasis Brazier, J. 1881. Notes on shells from the Solomon Islands and Australia. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 5: 444-447 [Feb. 1881] [445].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C17612, Rockhampton, QLD.
• Varohadra rockhamptonensis decreta Iredale, T. 1937. A basic list of the land Mollusca of Australia. Pt II. The Australian Zoologist 9: 1-39 [12 Nov. 1937] [31].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C100643, Mt Etna Caves, QLD.
  Paratype(s) AM C36493 2 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] [31]
• 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. [158] (for Varohadra rockhamptonensis decreta Iredale, 1937, based on original descriptions and an examination of types)

 

Generic Combinations

• Sphaerospira rockhamptonensis (Cox, 1873).

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Rockhampton Caves district and Mt Archer, SE Qld

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Queensland: NE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Under logs, under rocks, vine thicket.

Extra Ecological Information

On rocky outcrops

 

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)