Species Steorra cookensis (Brazier, 1875)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Helix (Hadra) cookensis Brazier, J. 1875. Descriptions of eight species of Australian and Tasmanian land and freshwater shells. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 1: 17-20 [27 Apr. 1875] [17].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C100661, Brooke Is., Rockingham Bay, QLD.
  Paratype(s) AM C10713 1 specimen; AM C17615 1 specimen.

  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] [35].

  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].
• Helix bebias 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] [78].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) AM C104889 1 specimen, Garden Is., Rockingham Bay, QLD.
• Pallidelix spurlingi Iredale, T. 1937. A basic list of the land Mollusca of Australia. Pt II. The Australian Zoologist 9: 1-39 [12 Nov. 1937] [37].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C100665, Brooke Is., QLD.
  Paratype(s) AM C107670 1 specimen.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Stanisic, J. The Australian Faunal Directory, http://biodiversity.org.au/afd (pers. comm. 2002)

 

Generic Combinations

• Sphaerospira cookensis (Brazier, 1875).
• Steorra cookensis (Brazier, 1875). —
  Stanisic, J., Shea, M., Potter, D. & Griffiths, O. 2010. Australian Land Snails. A field guide to eastern Australian species. Mauritius : Bioculture Press Vol. 1 595 pp. [486, 490, 543]

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Islands in Rockingham Bay off Cardwell, NE 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.

 

General References

Stanisic, J., Shea, M., Potter, D. & Griffiths, O. 2010. Australian Land Snails. A field guide to eastern Australian species. Mauritius : Bioculture Press Vol. 1 595 pp. [486] (taxonomic decision)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
09-Feb-2012	HELICOIDEA	09-Feb-2012	MOVED	Dr John Stanisic
05-Feb-2014		09-Feb-2012	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)