Australian Biological Resources Study

Australian Faunal Directory

<em>Subulina octona</em>. Height of shell: 22 mm

Subulina octona. Height of shell: 22 mm

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Species Subulina octona (Bruguière, 1792)

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Compiler and date details

July 2012 - Dr John Stanisic

1992 - Brian J. Smith, Museum Victoria, Melbourne

Generic Combinations

  • Subulina octona (Bruguière, 1792).

 

Introduction

Subulina octona is the largest subulinid in Australia. The species is known to be intermediate host for rat lungworm.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia


Extra Distribution Information

Patchy coastal distribution from Byron Bay, NE NSW to the Wet Tropics, NE Qld. Elsewhere NT and WA. Native to tropical America

Introduced from tropical America.


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IBRA

NSW, NT, Qld, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), 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

Ecological Descriptors

Crop, detritivore, gardens, riparian vegetation, under litter, under logs.

Extra Ecological Information

Strandline thickets, parks and nurseries; dead vegetable matter feeder

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
03-Aug-2012 03-Aug-2012 MODIFIED
12-Feb-2010 (import)