Genus Subulina Beck, 1837
Awlsnails
Compiler and date details
July 2012 - Dr John Stanisic
1992 - Brian J. Smith, Museum Victoria, Melbourne
- Subulina Beck, H.H. 1837. Index Molluscorum Praesentis Aevi Musei Principis Augustissimi Christiani Frederici. Hafniae : Beck Vol. 1 pp. 1-100. [76].
Type species:
Bulimus octonus Bruguière, 1792 by subsequent designation, see Gray, J.E. 1847. A list of the Genera of Recent Mollusca, their Synonyms and Types. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 15: 129-242 [177].
Introduction
Subulina is a tropical American species. A single species, Subulina octona, has been introduced into most other tropical countries. Subulina is distinguished fro all other subulinids in Australia by having a truncated columella.
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Tropical America. Introduced elsewhere. All tropical regions of the world, hothouses in Europe and USA. Documented in northern and eastern parts of Australia.
IBRA
NSW, NT, Qld, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Dampierland (DL), Northern Kimberley (NK), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)
Other Regions
Cocos (Keeling) Islands terrestrial & freshwater, Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater
Distribution References
- Benthem Jutting, W.S.S. van 1952. Systematic studies on the non-marine Mollusca of the Indo-Australian Archipelago. III Critical revision of the Javanese pulmonate land-snails of the families Ellobiidae to Limacidae, with an appendix on Helicarionidae. Treubia 21: 291-435
- 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. [309]
Diagnosis
Shell medium to large, narrowly elongate with large blunt apex, smooth; whorls very rounded, sutures straight; columella truncated; imperforate, transparent colourless. Yellow animal.
Diagnosis References
General References
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
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03-Aug-2012 | 03-Aug-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |