Species Succinea (Succinea) scalarina Pfeiffer, 1861

Museums

Regional Maps

• Succinea scalarina Pfeiffer, L. 1861. Descriptions of forty-seven new species of land shells, from the collection of H. Cuming, Esq. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1861: 20-29 [1 May 1861] [28].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH 1983074 4 specimens, King George's Sound, WA.
• Succinea aperta Cox, J.C. 1868. A Monograph of Australian Land Shells. Sydney : Maddock 111 pp. [90, pl. 17, fig. 6] [non Succinea aperta Lea, 1838].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) AM C136909 2 specimens, King George's Sound, WA.
• Succinea coxi Finlay, H.J. 1927. New specific names for Austral Mollusca. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 57: 488-533 [521] [nom. nov. for Succinea aperta Cox, 1868].

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• 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. [313] (based on original descriptions and an examination of types)

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Albany area.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Carnarvon (CAR), Central Kimberley (CK), Coolgardie (COO), Central Ranges (CR), Dampierland (DL), Esperance Plains (ESP), Gascoyne (GAS), Gibson Desert (GD), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Mallee (MAL), Murchison (MUR), Northern Kimberley (NK), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pilbara (PIL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Western Australia: SW coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Open scrub.

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
		12-Feb-2010	(import)