Species Steorra mulgravensis (Brazier, 1872)

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• Helix (Camaena) mulgravensis Brazier, J. 1872. Descriptions of seven new species of land and marine shells from the Solomon Islands, Western Polynesia and Australia. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1872: 20-23 [1 June 1872] [21].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C17616, Mulgrave River, Queensland.
  Paratype(s) AM C31514 (4 specimens); AM C31514 (4 specimens).

  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] [26].
• Helix incei multifasciata Cox, J.C. 1864. Catalogue of Australian Land Shells. Sydney : John Alex Engel 44 pp. [9] [non Helix multifasciata Weinland and Anton, 1857].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C100628, QLD.
  Paratype(s) AM C107645 2 specimens.

  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] [27].
• Helix (Hadra) palmensis Brazier, J. 1876. Descriptions of thirty-five new species of land shells from New Guinea, Australia, and islands in the Torres Straits, collected during the Chevert Expedition. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 1: 98-113 [Date published July 1876] [105].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) AM C107674, 1 specimen, Great North Palm Is. (as Palm Is.), Qld and New Guinea; AM C107675, 1 specimen, Great North Palm Is. (as Palm Is.), Qld and New Guinea; AM(MMUS) A113, 2 specimens, Great North Palm Is. (as Palm Is.), Qld and New Guinea; AM(MMUS) A113i, 2 specimens, Great North Palm Is. (as Palm Is.), Qld and New Guinea.

  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 palmensis meridionalis Brazier, J. 1881. Notes on a new variety of Helix palmensis. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 5: 458 [Feb. 1881] [458] [non Helix meridionalis Wood, 1828].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) AM C11113 3 specimens, Great Palm Is. (as Large Palm Is.), QLD.
• Gnarosophia palmensis austrina Iredale, T. 1933. Systematic notes on Australian land shells. Records of the Australian Museum 19: 37-59 [46] [nom. nov. for Helix palmensis meridionalis Brazier, 1881].
• Gnarosophia mitifica Iredale, T. 1933. Systematic notes on Australian land shells. Records of the Australian Museum 19: 37-59 [46] [nom. nov. for Helix incei multifasciata Cox, 1864].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C100628, Palm Island, Qld.

  Secondary source:

   Stanisic, J. 1998. Temporena Iredale, 1933 unravelled. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 42: 604.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• 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, 544]

Generic Combinations

• Sphaerospira mitifica (Iredale, 1933).
• Steorra mulgravensis (Brazier, 1872). —
  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, 544]

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Palm islands, off Ingham, NE Qld

Ecological Descriptors

Under logs, under rocks, vine thicket, woodland.

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