Species Stenopylis coarctata (Moellendorff, 1894)
White Microdisc Snail
- Plectopylis coarctata Moellendorff, O.F. von 1894. in Quadras, J.F. & Moellendorff, O.F. von (1894). Diagnoses specierum novarum ex insulis Philippinis. Nachrichtsblatt der Deutschen Malakozooligischen Gesellschaft 26(7–8): 113-130 [Aug. 1894] [113].
Type data:
Syntype(s) SMF 9300 1 specimen, Panglao, near Bohol, Philippines; SMF 9302 2 specimens, Panglao, near Bohol, Philippines. - Planispira hemiclausa Tate, R. 1894. Brief diagnoses of Mollusca from Central Australia. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 18: 191-194 [Nov. 1894] [192].
Type data:
Holotype SAMA D15560, Ilpilla Gorge, NT.
Paratype(s) SAMA D13351 7 specimens; SAMA D15978 12+ specimens; NMV F30882 6 specimens; AM C60458 1 specimen; AM C2177 1 specimen. - Helix (Polygyra) microdiscus Bavay, A. 1908. Mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles. Nova Guinea (Zoologie) 5: 269-292 [283].
Type data:
Status unknown, whereabouts unknown presumed lost, Humbolt Bay, New Guinea.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Solem, A. 1984. Small land snails from Northern Australia. III. Species of Helicodiscidae and Charopidae. Journal of the Malacological Society of Australia 6(3–4): 155-179 [159]
Generic Combinations
- Stenopylis coarctata (Moellendorff, 1894).
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Carnarvon Range, SE Qld to FN Qld. Elsewhere across Northern Australia to Port Hedland, WA; central Australia and northern SA (Musgrave Ranges)
IBRA
NT, Qld, WA: Northern Kimberley (NK)
Ecological Descriptors
Cave dweller, saxicoline, under rocks, vine thicket, woodland.
Extra Ecological Information
Usually living under rocks
General References
Köhler, F., Kessner, V. & Whisson, C. 2012. New records of non-marine, non-camaenid gastropods (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from islands off the Kimberley coast, Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 27: 21-39 [33]
Solem, A. 1989. Non-camaenid land snails of the Kimberley and Northern Territory, Australia. I. Systematics, affinities and ranges. Invertebrate Taxonomy 2(4): 455-604 (ecological notes)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22-Dec-2016 | PUNCTOIDEA | 07-Apr-2015 | MODIFIED | Dr John Stanisic |
| 06-Feb-2014 | PUNCTOIDEA | 01-May-2012 | MODIFIED | Dr John Stanisic |
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |