Species Spurlingia dunkiensis (Forbes, 1851)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Helix dunkiensis Forbes, E. 1851. On the Mollusca collected by Mr MacGillivray during the voyage of the Rattlesnake. In, MacGillivray, J. (ed.). Narrative of the Voyage of the H.M.S. Rattlesnake, commanded by the late Captain Owen Stanley, during the years 1846-1850. London : T. & W. Boone Vol. 2 395 pp. [Dec. 1851] [378, pl. 2, figs 7a, b].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH 1851.8.7.3–4 3 specimens, Dunk Is., QLD.
• Helix (Hadra) coxenae Brazier, J. 1875. Descriptions of ten new species of shells from the collection of Mr C. Coxen, of Brisbane, Queensland. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1875: 31–34 [32].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C17634, Johnstone (as Johnson) River, QLD.
• Helix nicomede Brazier, J. 1878. Descriptions of seven new species of terrestrial and marine shells from Australia. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 3: 77-81 [Dec. 1878] [79].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C3515, Cardwell, QLD.
  Paratype(s) AM(MMUS) A175 2 specimens; AM C170830 1 specimen.

  Secondary source:

   Ponder, W.F. & Stanbury, P.J. 1972. Type specimens in the Macleay Museum, University of Sydney. VI. Mollusca. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 97(1): 42-55 [52].
• Spurlingia cadmus Iredale, T. 1937. A basic list of the land Mollusca of Australia. Pt II. The Australian Zoologist 9: 1-39 [12 Nov. 1937] [25].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C100664, Goold Is., QLD.
• Spurlingia helga Iredale, T. 1937. A basic list of the land Mollusca of Australia. Pt II. The Australian Zoologist 9: 1-39 [12 Nov. 1937] [25].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C54494, Hinchinbrook Is., QLD.
• Thersites trachydermon Clench, W.J. & Archer, A.F. 1938. Some new Australian Thersites. Journal of Conchology 21: 20-24 [21].

  Type data:

   Holotype MCZ 73284*, 24 miles SW of Cardwell, QLD.
  Paratype(s) MCZ 73284* 4 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. [160] (based on original descriptions and an examination of types; the status of these many morphs has not been resolved)

 

Generic Combinations

• Spurlingia dunkiensis (Forbes, 1851).

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Cardwell to Tully and off-lying islands, NE Qld

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Queensland: NE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Under litter, under logs, vine thicket, woodland.

 

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)