Introduction

Rank and contents of marine taxa after Criscione & Ponder (2013), of freshwater taxa after Wilke et al. (2013). The ranking of Clenchiellidae and Tateidae also follows Criscione & Ponder (2013) (Bouchet et al. (2017)

General References

Bouchet, P., Rocroi, J.P., Hausdorf, B., Kaim, A., Kano, Y., Nützel, A., Parkhaev, P., Schrödl, M. & Strong, E.E. 2017. Revised classification, nomenclator and typification of gastropod and monoplacophoran families. Malacologia 61(1-2): 1–526 [345, 377]

Criscione, F. & Ponder, W.F. 2013. A phylogenetic analysis of rissooidean and cingulopsoidean families (Gastropoda: Caenogastropoda). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 66: 1075–1082

Wilke, T., Haase, M., Hershler, R., Liu, H.-P., Misof, B. & Ponder, W. 2013. Pushing short DNA fragments to the limit: Phylogenetic relationships of ‘hydrobioid’ gastropods (Caenogastropoda: Rissooidea). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 66(3): 715-736

History of changes

Introduction

This family of small-sized, globose to conical operculates are typically smooth or sometimes have spiral sculpture. Two subfamilies are recognised: Assimineinae and Omphalotropidinae. The former is a cosmopolitan group of snails that live in either fresh or brackish aquatic habitats or in supralittoral salt-marsh areas of both tropical and temperate regions. In Australia members of the Assimineinae are found in salt-marsh habitats across southern Australia (Ponder & Keyzer 1998) with one species found in freshwater seepages in south-western Australia (Fukuda & Ponder 2003). The Omphalotropidinae contains snails that live mainly in terrestrial habitats in litter and it is confined to islands in the Indian Ocean, Asia and the south-west Pacific. Terrestrial members of the Omphalotropidinae are found in litter in woodland areas on Lord Howe and Norfolk Islands but are not found on the mainland or in Tasmania. One freshwater omphalotropidin is found in SW Australia (Solem et al. 1982; Fukuda & Ponder 2003). Fukuda & Ponder (2003) have reviewed the genera included in the family. There has been no recent revision of the Australasian terrestrial Omphalotropidinae. Köhler et al. (2012: 24) record a new undescribed genus and species from Middle Osborn Island on the west Kimberley coast.

General References

Beesley, P.L., Ross, G.J.B. & Wells, A. (eds) 1998. Mollusca: The Southern Synthesis. Fauna of Australia. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing Vol. 5(Part B) pp. vi–viii, 565–1234. [756-758]

Bouchet, P. & Rocroi, J.-P. 2005. Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. Malacologia 47: 1–397 [251]

Fukuda, H. & Ponder, W.F. 2003. Australian freshwater assimineids, with a synopsis of the Recent genus-group of the Assimineidae (Mollusca: Caenogastropoda: Rissooidea). Journal of Natural History 37: 1977-2032

Fukuda, H. & Ponder, W.F. 2005. A revision of the Australian taxa previously attributed to Assiminea buccinoides (Quoy & Gaimard) and Assiminea tasmanica Tenison-Woods (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Caenogastropoda: Assimineidae). Invertebrate Systematics 19(4): 325-360 [325-326]

Köhler, F., Kessner, V. & Whisson, C. 2012. New records of non-marine, non-camaenid gastropods (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from islands off the Kimberley coast, Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 27: 21-39

Ponder, W.F. & Keyzer, R.G. de 1998. Family Assimineidae. pp. 756-758 in Beesley, P.L., Ross, G.J.B. & Wells, A. (eds). Mollusca: The Southern Synthesis. Fauna of Australia. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing Vol. 5(Part B) pp. vi–viii, 565–1234. [756]

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. [80]

Wilke, T., Haase, M., Hershler, R., Liu, H.-P., Misof, B. & Ponder, W. 2013. Pushing short DNA fragments to the limit: Phylogenetic relationships of ‘hydrobioid’ gastropods (Caenogastropoda: Rissooidea). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 66(3): 715-736 [721]

Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [150]

History of changes

• Assiminiidae Adams & Adams, 1856 [original spelling].

  Type genus:

   Assiminea Fleming, 1828.

General References

Bouchet, P. & Rocroi, J.-P. 2005. Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. Malacologia 47: 1–397 [251]

Fukuda, H. & Ponder, W.F. 2005. A revision of the Australian taxa previously attributed to Assiminea buccinoides (Quoy & Gaimard) and Assiminea tasmanica Tenison-Woods (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Caenogastropoda: Assimineidae). Invertebrate Systematics 19(4): 325-360 [326]

History of changes

• Aviassiminea Fukuda, H. & Ponder, W.F. 2003. Australian freshwater assimineids, with a synopsis of the Recent genus-group of the Assimineidae (Mollusca: Caenogastropoda: Rissooidea). Journal of Natural History 37: 1977-2032 [1978].

  Type species:

   Aviassiminea palitans Fukuda & Ponder, 2003 by original designation.

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

NT, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Kimberley (CK), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Dampierland (DL), Northern Kimberley (NK), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Pilbara (PIL), Sturt Plateau (STU), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB)

General References

Fukuda, H. & Ponder, W.F. 2003. Australian freshwater assimineids, with a synopsis of the Recent genus-group of the Assimineidae (Mollusca: Caenogastropoda: Rissooidea). Journal of Natural History 37: 1977-2032 [1978-1980]

History of changes

• Aviassiminea palitans Fukuda, H. & Ponder, W.F. 2003. Australian freshwater assimineids, with a synopsis of the Recent genus-group of the Assimineidae (Mollusca: Caenogastropoda: Rissooidea). Journal of Natural History 37: 1977-2032 [1980].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C.395093, Great Sandy Desert, SSW of Langrange, Pilbara, WA, behind the Sandfire, first spring [19°47.25'S 121°20.5'E].
  Paratype(s) AM C.394683 (100+ specimens), Great Sandy Desert, SSW of Langrange, Pilbara, WA, behind the Sandfire, first spring; WAM S.30244 (6 specimens), Great Sandy Desert, SSW of Langrange, Pilbara, WA, behind the Sandfire, first spring; NTM P18556 (6 specimens), Great Sandy Desert, SSW of Langrange, Pilbara, WA, behind the Sandfire, first spring.

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

North-western Australia from east of Onslow, WA to Katherine, NT

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

NT, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Kimberley (CK), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Dampierland (DL), Northern Kimberley (NK), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Pilbara (PIL), Sturt Plateau (STU), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB)

Ecological Descriptors

Freshwater, spring.

Extra Ecological Information

"Damp edges of permanent seepages and springs, crawling on dead vegetation and mud" Fukuda & Ponder, 2003

General References

Fukuda, H. & Ponder, W.F. 2003. Australian freshwater assimineids, with a synopsis of the Recent genus-group of the Assimineidae (Mollusca: Caenogastropoda: Rissooidea). Journal of Natural History 37: 1977-2032 [1980-1996, figs 1, 2, 3A-C, 4A-B, 5-8]

History of changes

• Conassiminea Fukuda, H. & Ponder, W.F. 2006. Conassiminea, a new genus of the Assimineidae (Caenogastropoda : Rissooidea) from Southeastern Australia. Journal of Molluscan Studies 72: 39-52 [39-43].

  Type species:

   Conassiminea studderti Fukuda & Ponder, 2006 by original designation.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37)

General References

Fukuda, H. & Ponder, W.F. 2006. Conassiminea, a new genus of the Assimineidae (Caenogastropoda : Rissooidea) from Southeastern Australia. Journal of Molluscan Studies 72: 39-52 [39-43]

History of changes

• Conassiminea studderti Fukuda, H. & Ponder, W.F. 2006. Conassiminea, a new genus of the Assimineidae (Caenogastropoda : Rissooidea) from Southeastern Australia. Journal of Molluscan Studies 72: 39-52 [43-47, figs 1A–E, 2A–E, 3A–D, 4A–E, 5A–F, 6A–D, 7A–D, 8, 9].

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Tasmania

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37)

Ecological Descriptors

Estuary, mangrove, marine, supratidal, under bark, under logs.

General References

Fukuda, H. & Ponder, W.F. 2006. Conassiminea, a new genus of the Assimineidae (Caenogastropoda : Rissooidea) from Southeastern Australia. Journal of Molluscan Studies 72: 39-52 [43-47, figs 1A–E, 2A–E, 3A–D, 4A–E, 5A–F, 6A–D, 7A–D, 8, 9]

History of changes

• Conassiminea zheni Fukuda, H. & Ponder, W.F. 2006. Conassiminea, a new genus of the Assimineidae (Caenogastropoda : Rissooidea) from Southeastern Australia. Journal of Molluscan Studies 72: 39-52 [47-51, figs 1F–I, 2F–I, 3E–H, 4F, 5G–I, 6E–I, 7E, F, 9].

Distribution

States

Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37)

Ecological Descriptors

Mangrove, marine, mud, salt marsh.

Extra Ecological Information

Among roots

General References

Fukuda, H. & Ponder, W.F. 2006. Conassiminea, a new genus of the Assimineidae (Caenogastropoda : Rissooidea) from Southeastern Australia. Journal of Molluscan Studies 72: 39-52 [47-51, figs 1F–I, 2F–I, 3E–H, 4F, 5G–I, 6E–I, 7E, F, 9]

History of changes

• Cryptassiminea Fukuda, H. & Ponder, W.F. 2005. A revision of the Australian taxa previously attributed to Assiminea buccinoides (Quoy & Gaimard) and Assiminea tasmanica Tenison-Woods (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Caenogastropoda: Assimineidae). Invertebrate Systematics 19(4): 325-360 [326].

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Northern Shelf Province (25), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

General References

Fukuda, H. & Ponder, W.F. 2005. A revision of the Australian taxa previously attributed to Assiminea buccinoides (Quoy & Gaimard) and Assiminea tasmanica Tenison-Woods (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Caenogastropoda: Assimineidae). Invertebrate Systematics 19(4): 325-360 [326-330]

History of changes

• Cryptassiminea adelaidensis Fukuda, H. & Ponder, W.F. 2005. A revision of the Australian taxa previously attributed to Assiminea buccinoides (Quoy & Gaimard) and Assiminea tasmanica Tenison-Woods (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Caenogastropoda: Assimineidae). Invertebrate Systematics 19(4): 325-360 [336-340, figs 3E, F; 4G, H; 5F, G; 6F, G; 7D; 8H; 10C; 13A, B; 14].

  Type data:

   Holotype AMSA C.429573 (lower stream), Dry Creek, Adelaide, SA [34°47.683'S, 138°34.850'E].

Distribution

States

South Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33)

Ecological Descriptors

Mangrove, marine, mud bottom, salt marsh.

Extra Ecological Information

Under wood and leaves

General References

Fukuda, H. & Ponder, W.F. 2005. A revision of the Australian taxa previously attributed to Assiminea buccinoides (Quoy & Gaimard) and Assiminea tasmanica Tenison-Woods (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Caenogastropoda: Assimineidae). Invertebrate Systematics 19(4): 325-360 [336-340, figs 3E, F; 4G, H; 5F, G; 6F, G; 7D; 8H; 10C; 13A, B; 14]

History of changes

• Paludina buccinoides Quoy, J.R. & Gaimard, J.P. 1834. Voyage de Découvertes de l'Astrolabe exécuté par Ordre du Roi, Pendant les Années 1826-1829. Paris : J. Tastu Zoologie Vol. 3 366 pp. [175].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) MNHP, Western Port, VIC.
• Assiminea tasmanica Tenison-Woods, J.E. 1876. On the freshwater shells of Tasmania. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1875: 66-82 [21 Mar. 1876] [75].

  Type data:

   Holotype TMH, Sorell, TAS.
• Rissoa (Setia) siennae Tenison-Woods, J.E. 1877. On some new Tasmanian marine shells. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1876: 131–159 [Date published 27 Feb 1877] [153] [probably a separate species, Ponder, W.F., pers. comm.].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) TMH, north coast, TAS.
• Assiminea bicincta Petterd, W.F. 1889. Contributions for a systematic catalogue of the aquatic shells of Tasmania. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1888: 60-82 pls 1-4 [77].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) AM, mouth of the Don River, TAS.
• Assiminea australis Petterd, W.F. 1889. Contributions for a systematic catalogue of the aquatic shells of Tasmania. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1888: 60-82 pls 1-4 [77, pl. 3, fig. 10] [from a Tate manuscript].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) AM C.27786 dry, Tamar River, Kelso, Tasmania, Australia [41°6'0'S, 146°46'58.8'E].
• Assiminea relata Cotton, B.C. 1942. Australian Gastropoda of the families Hydrobiidae, Assimineidae and Acmeidae. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 66(2): 124-129 [Date published Dec 18] [127].

  Type data:

   Holotype SAMA, Burleigh Heads, QLD.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Fukuda, H. & Ponder, W.F. 2005. A revision of the Australian taxa previously attributed to Assiminea buccinoides (Quoy & Gaimard) and Assiminea tasmanica Tenison-Woods (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Caenogastropoda: Assimineidae). Invertebrate Systematics 19(4): 325-360 [330] (see for complete synonymy)

Generic Combinations

• Cryptassiminea buccinoides (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834). —
  Fukuda, H. & Ponder, W.F. 2005. A revision of the Australian taxa previously attributed to Assiminea buccinoides (Quoy & Gaimard) and Assiminea tasmanica Tenison-Woods (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Caenogastropoda: Assimineidae). Invertebrate Systematics 19(4): 325-360 [330]
• Assiminea (Metassiminea) buccinoides (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834). —
  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. [29]

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Metassiminea australis auct. —
  Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. 1962. A reference list of the marine Mollusca of New South Wales. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 11: 1–109 [43]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Estuary, intertidal, mangroves, marine, salt marsh.

Extra Ecological Information

Feeds on detritus.

General References

Fukuda, H. & Ponder, W.F. 2005. A revision of the Australian taxa previously attributed to Assiminea buccinoides (Quoy & Gaimard) and Assiminea tasmanica Tenison-Woods (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Caenogastropoda: Assimineidae). Invertebrate Systematics 19(4): 325-360 [330-333, figs 1A-D; 2A, D; 3A-C; 4A-D; 5A-C; 6A-D; 7A, B; 8F; 9A-C; 10A; 11; 12; 15; 25]

Hedley, C. 1906. Studies on Australian Mollusca. Part IX. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 30: 520-546 [Date published April 12 1906] [528]

Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. 1962. A reference list of the marine Mollusca of New South Wales. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 11: 1–109 [43]

Kershaw, R.C. 1983. The gastropods Assiminea and Hydrococcus in Tasmania (Mollusca : Gastropoda). Records of the Queen Victoria Museum, Launceston 83: 1-24

Ponder, W.F. & Clark, G.A. 1988. A morphological and electrophoretic examination of "Hydrobia buccinoides", a variable brackish-water gastropod from temperate Australia (Mollusca : Hydrobiidae). Australian Journal of Zoology 36: 661-689 [688]

History of changes

• Cryptassiminea glenelgensis Fukuda, H. & Ponder, W.F. 2005. A revision of the Australian taxa previously attributed to Assiminea buccinoides (Quoy & Gaimard) and Assiminea tasmanica Tenison-Woods (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Caenogastropoda: Assimineidae). Invertebrate Systematics 19(4): 325-360 [347-349, figs 3H, I; 7G; 8B; 10E; 14; 18A-E; 19A, B; 20A, B; 21A, B].

  Type data:

   Holotype AMSA C.429568, Nelson, Glenelg River estuary, VIC [38°3.083'S, 141°0.300'E].

Distribution

States

Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34)

Ecological Descriptors

Estuary, marine.

Extra Ecological Information

"lives on surface of mud under overhangs and in crevices and holes on the riverbank" Fukuda & Ponder, 2005

General References

Fukuda, H. & Ponder, W.F. 2005. A revision of the Australian taxa previously attributed to Assiminea buccinoides (Quoy & Gaimard) and Assiminea tasmanica Tenison-Woods (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Caenogastropoda: Assimineidae). Invertebrate Systematics 19(4): 325-360 [347-349, figs 3H, I; 7G; 8B; 10E; 14; 18A-E; 19A, B; 20A, B; 21A, B]

History of changes

• Cryptassiminea insolata Fukuda, H. & Ponder, W.F. 2005. A revision of the Australian taxa previously attributed to Assiminea buccinoides (Quoy & Gaimard) and Assiminea tasmanica Tenison-Woods (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Caenogastropoda: Assimineidae). Invertebrate Systematics 19(4): 325-360 [352-354, figs 3L; 7I; 8E; 10G; 18I; 19E, F; 20E-G; 21E, F; 23; 24].

  Type data:

   Holotype AMSA C.429564 (dead green filamentous algal mat in clearing in beach mangroves), Point Vernon, Gatakers Bay, Hervey Bay, QLD [25°15'S, 152°49'E].

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Northern Shelf Province (25), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Mangrove, marine.

Extra Ecological Information

Under wet leaves

General References

Fukuda, H. & Ponder, W.F. 2005. A revision of the Australian taxa previously attributed to Assiminea buccinoides (Quoy & Gaimard) and Assiminea tasmanica Tenison-Woods (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Caenogastropoda: Assimineidae). Invertebrate Systematics 19(4): 325-360 [352-354, figs 3L; 7I; 8E; 10G; 18I; 19E, F; 20E-G; 21E, F; 23; 24]

History of changes

• Cryptassiminea kershawi Fukuda, H. & Ponder, W.F. 2005. A revision of the Australian taxa previously attributed to Assiminea buccinoides (Quoy & Gaimard) and Assiminea tasmanica Tenison-Woods (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Caenogastropoda: Assimineidae). Invertebrate Systematics 19(4): 325-360 [334-336, figs 3D; 4E, F; 5D, E; 6E; 7C; 8G; 9D; 10B; 14; 15].

  Type data:

   Holotype AMSA C.429576 (in salt marsh), Barilla Bay, Pittwater, NE of Hobart, TAS [42°50'S, 147°29'E].

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Hydrococcus tasmanicus Tenison-Woods, 1876 [misidentification, in part]. —
  Smith, B.J. & Kershaw, R.C. 1979. Field Guide to the Non-marine Molluscs of South-eastern Australia. Canberra : A.N.U. Press 285 pp. [56]

Distribution

States

Tasmania

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Tasmanian Shelf Province (36)

Ecological Descriptors

Marine, mud flats, salt marsh.

General References

Fukuda, H. & Ponder, W.F. 2005. A revision of the Australian taxa previously attributed to Assiminea buccinoides (Quoy & Gaimard) and Assiminea tasmanica Tenison-Woods (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Caenogastropoda: Assimineidae). Invertebrate Systematics 19(4): 325-360 [334-336, figs 3D; 4E, F; 5D, E; 6E; 7C; 8G; 9D; 10B; 14; 15]

History of changes

• Cryptassiminea surryensis Fukuda, H. & Ponder, W.F. 2005. A revision of the Australian taxa previously attributed to Assiminea buccinoides (Quoy & Gaimard) and Assiminea tasmanica Tenison-Woods (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Caenogastropoda: Assimineidae). Invertebrate Systematics 19(4): 325-360 [349-352, figs 3J, K; 7H; 8C, D; 10F; 14; 18F-H; 19C, D; 20C, D; 21C, D].

  Type data:

   Holotype AMSA C.429566 (reed field), Surry River, estuary, VIC [38°11.890'S, 141°36.973'E].

Distribution

States

Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35)

Ecological Descriptors

Estuary, marine.

Extra Ecological Information

"lives on the surface of very soft mud in reeds" Fukuda & Ponder, 2005

General References

Fukuda, H. & Ponder, W.F. 2005. A revision of the Australian taxa previously attributed to Assiminea buccinoides (Quoy & Gaimard) and Assiminea tasmanica Tenison-Woods (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Caenogastropoda: Assimineidae). Invertebrate Systematics 19(4): 325-360 [349-352, figs 3J, K; 7H; 8C, D; 10F; 14; 18F-H; 19C, D; 20C, D; 21C, D]

History of changes

• Assiminea tasmanica Tenison-Woods, J.E. 1876. On the freshwater shells of Tasmania. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1875: 66-82 [21 Mar. 1876] [79].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Fukuda, H. & Ponder, W.F. 2005. A revision of the Australian taxa previously attributed to Assiminea buccinoides (Quoy & Gaimard) and Assiminea tasmanica Tenison-Woods (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Caenogastropoda: Assimineidae). Invertebrate Systematics 19(4): 325-360 [341-347, figs 1B, C; 2E-H; 3G; 4I-L; 5H-L; 7E, F; 8A; 10D; 13C-F; 14, 16A-I; 17] (see for complete synonymy)

Generic Combinations

• Cryptassiminea tasmanica (Tenison-Woods, 1876). —
  Fukuda, H. & Ponder, W.F. 2005. A revision of the Australian taxa previously attributed to Assiminea buccinoides (Quoy & Gaimard) and Assiminea tasmanica Tenison-Woods (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Caenogastropoda: Assimineidae). Invertebrate Systematics 19(4): 325-360 [341-347, figs 1B, C; 2E-H; 3G; 4I-L; 5H-L; 7E, F; 8A; 10D; 13C-F; 14, 16A-I; 17]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)

Ecological Descriptors

Mangrove, marine, salt marsh.

Extra Ecological Information

Under wood and leaves

General References

Fukuda, H. & Ponder, W.F. 2005. A revision of the Australian taxa previously attributed to Assiminea buccinoides (Quoy & Gaimard) and Assiminea tasmanica Tenison-Woods (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Caenogastropoda: Assimineidae). Invertebrate Systematics 19(4): 325-360 [341-347, figs 1B, C; 2E-H; 3G; 4I-L; 5H-L; 7E, F; 8A; 10D; 13C-F; 14, 16A-I; 17]

History of changes

• Ditropisena Iredale, T. 1933. Systematic notes on Australian land shells. Records of the Australian Museum 19: 37-59 [57].

  Type species:

   Cyclophorus macleayi Brazier, 1874 by original designation.

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA

Qld: Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Wet Tropics (WT)

General References

Fukuda, H. & Ponder, W.F. 2003. Australian freshwater assimineids, with a synopsis of the Recent genus-group of the Assimineidae (Mollusca: Caenogastropoda: Rissooidea). Journal of Natural History 37: 1977-2032 [2021]

History of changes

• Cyclophorus (Ditropis) macleayi Brazier, J. 1877. Description of two new species of Helix from New Guinea and the Louisiade Islands. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2(1): 120-122 [122] [replacement name].
• Cyclophorus (Ditropis) beddomei 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] [113] [junior homonym; preoccupied by Cyclophurus beddomei Blanford 1869].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) AM C.171088 (also C.55300 possible syntypes), Cape York district, north east Australia.

Generic Combinations

• Ditropisena macleayi (Brazier, 1877). —
  Iredale, T. 1933. Systematic notes on Australian land shells. Records of the Australian Museum 19: 37-59 [57] (new combination as type species of the genus Ditropisena)

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Cape York region, QLD

IBRA

Qld: Cape York Peninsula (CYP)

General References

Fukuda, H. & Ponder, W.F. 2003. Australian freshwater assimineids, with a synopsis of the Recent genus-group of the Assimineidae (Mollusca: Caenogastropoda: Rissooidea). Journal of Natural History 37: 1977-2032 [2021]

History of changes

• Cyclophorus (Ditropis) whitei Brazier, J. 1875. Description of eleven new species of terrestrial and marine shells from north-eastern Australia. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1874: 668-672 [Date published 1 April, 1875] [669].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH 1875.5.28.8 shell, dry, Fitzroy Island, QLD.

Generic Combinations

• Ditropisena whitei (Brazier, Brazier). —
  Iredale, T. 1937. A basic list of the land Mollusca of Australia. The Australian Zoologist 8: 287-333 [12 Mar. 1937] [294]

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Fitzroy Island off Cairns, QLD

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

Qld: Wet Tropics (WT)

General References

Fukuda, H. & Ponder, W.F. 2003. Australian freshwater assimineids, with a synopsis of the Recent genus-group of the Assimineidae (Mollusca: Caenogastropoda: Rissooidea). Journal of Natural History 37: 1977-2032 [2021]

History of changes

• Ovassiminea Thiele, J. 1927. Über die schneckenfamilie Assimineidae. Zoologische Jahrbücher (Systematik) 53: 113-146.

  Type species:

   Assiminea dohrniana Nevill, 1880 by original designation.

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Western Australia

IMCRA

Northwest Shelf Transition (26)

History of changes

• Ovassiminea annulata Hallan, A., Fukuda, H. & Kameda, Y. 2015. Two new species of Ovassiminea Thiele, 1927 (Truncatelloidea: Assimineidae) from tropical Australia. Molluscan Research 35(4): 262-274 [266, Figs 1–C, 2A, 3A–C, F, G, 4A–E, 5, 6B, D–H, 7B, E–G, 8B, E–G, 9, 11].
  Zoobank Registration Number:http://zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:256B4E59-076B-4B5B-A93F-14F0DB3CD6F2

  Type data:

   Holotype NTM P.54609, 2 km SE of ConocoPhillips gas plant, Darwin Harbour, NT [12°31.782'S, 130°53.319'E].
  Paratype(s) NTM P.54610 5 specimens, 2 km SE of ConocoPhillips gas plant, Darwin Harbour, NT [12°31.782'S, 130°53.319'E].

Distribution

States

Northern Territory

IMCRA

Northwest Shelf Transition (26)

History of changes

• Ovassiminea miskellyi Hallan, A., Fukuda, H. & Kameda, Y. 2015. Two new species of Ovassiminea Thiele, 1927 (Truncatelloidea: Assimineidae) from tropical Australia. Molluscan Research 35(4): 262-274 [270, Figs 1–F, 2B, 3D, E, H, 4F–J, 8C, H, I, 9, 10, 11].
  Zoobank Registration Number:http://zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:C997758A-BE45-4B71-BE27-4565D7F391DE

  Type data:

   Holotype WAM S67372, King Edward River estuary, Kalumburu, Kimberley, WA [14°11.113'S, 126°36.657'E].
  Paratype(s) WAM S67373 3 specimens, King Edward River estuary, Kalumburu, Kimberley, WA [14°11.113'S, 126°36.657'E]; AMSA C.478295 over 20 specimens, King Edward River estuary, Kalumburu, Kimberley, WA [14°11.113'S, 126°36.657'E].

Distribution

States

Western Australia

IMCRA

Northwest Shelf Transition (26)

History of changes

• Ekadantinae Thiele, 1929.

  Type genus:

   Ekadanta Rao, 1928.

History of changes

• Rugapedia Fukuda, H. & Ponder, W.F. 2004. A protandric assimineid gastropod: Rugapedia androgyna n. gen. and n. sp. (Mollusca : Caenogastropoda : Rissooidea) from Queensland, Australia. Molluscan Research 24(2): 75-88 [76].

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Okinawa

IMCRA

Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40)

General References

Fukuda, H. & Ponder, W.F. 2004. A protandric assimineid gastropod: Rugapedia androgyna n. gen. and n. sp. (Mollusca : Caenogastropoda : Rissooidea) from Queensland, Australia. Molluscan Research 24(2): 75-88 [76]

History of changes

• Rugapedia androgyna Fukuda, H. & Ponder, W.F. 2004. A protandric assimineid gastropod: Rugapedia androgyna n. gen. and n. sp. (Mollusca : Caenogastropoda : Rissooidea) from Queensland, Australia. Molluscan Research 24(2): 75-88 [78-85, figs 1-4].

  Type data:

   Holotype AMSA C.429858 (upper shore among dead leaves on sand in mangroves. W.F. Ponder & H. Fukuda, 3 Mar 2003), Tooan Tooan Creek, Hervey Bay, QLD [25°17'S, 152°50.683'E].

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40)

Ecological Descriptors

Mangrove, marine, under bark of fallen logs.

Extra Ecological Information

Under leaves

General References

Fukuda, H. & Ponder, W.F. 2004. A protandric assimineid gastropod: Rugapedia androgyna n. gen. and n. sp. (Mollusca : Caenogastropoda : Rissooidea) from Queensland, Australia. Molluscan Research 24(2): 75-88 [78-85, figs 1-4]

History of changes

• Taiwanassiminea Kuroda, T. (ed) 1950. Illustrated Catalogue of Japanese Shells. Kyoto Vol. 1.

  Type species:

   Assiminea (Assiminopsis) hayasii Habe, 1942 by original designation.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Western Pacific

IBRA

WA: Northern Kimberley (NK)

IMCRA

Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

General References

Fukuda, H. & Ponder, W.F. 2005. A revision of the Australian taxa previously attributed to Assiminea buccinoides (Quoy & Gaimard) and Assiminea tasmanica Tenison-Woods (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Caenogastropoda: Assimineidae). Invertebrate Systematics 19(4): 325-360 [333]

Hallan, A. & Fukuda, H. 2015. Taiwanassiminea phantasma n. sp.: a terrestrial assimineid (Caenogastropoda: Truncatelloidea) from Middle Osborn Island, Kimberley, Western Australia. Molluscan Research 352: 112-122 [113]

History of changes

• Assiminea affinis Mousson, 1874 [nomen nudum].
• Assiminea affinis Nevill, 1884 [nomen nudum].
• Assiminea affinis Böttger, O. 1887. Aufzählung der zur Gattung Assiminea Fleming gehörigen Arten. Jahrbücher der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft 14: 147-234, pls 6 [158, pl. 6, fig. 6].

Generic Combinations

• Taiwanassiminea affinis (Böttger, 1887). —
  Fukuda, H. & Ponder, W.F. 2005. A revision of the Australian taxa previously attributed to Assiminea buccinoides (Quoy & Gaimard) and Assiminea tasmanica Tenison-Woods (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Caenogastropoda: Assimineidae). Invertebrate Systematics 19(4): 325-360 [333]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

From north Queensland to the Shoalhaven River, New South Wales.

IMCRA

Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Estuary, marine, mud with dead leaves, muddy litter.

Extra Ecological Information

Low salinity conditions in the upper tidal reaches of rivers and streams; occurs in the upper half of the intertidal zone to the higher tidal line or slightly above; under dead leaves, bark on dead wood and stones or around the bases of plants, including grasses, on muddy banks

General References

Fukuda, H. & Ponder, W.F. 2005. A revision of the Australian taxa previously attributed to Assiminea buccinoides (Quoy & Gaimard) and Assiminea tasmanica Tenison-Woods (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Caenogastropoda: Assimineidae). Invertebrate Systematics 19(4): 325-360 [333]

History of changes

• Taiwanassiminea phantasma Hallan, A. & Fukuda, H. 2015. Taiwanassiminea phantasma n. sp.: a terrestrial assimineid (Caenogastropoda: Truncatelloidea) from Middle Osborn Island, Kimberley, Western Australia. Molluscan Research 352: 112-122 [113].
  Zoobank Registration Number:http://zoobank.org/NomenclaturalActs/C5E36501-58C5-4A96-9F98-D646FBDA69E3

  Type data:

   Holotype WAM S 36930 20+ specimens, Middle Osborn Island, Admiralty Gulf, Bonaparte Archipelago, Kimberley, Western Australia [14.3075°S, 125.99°E].

Distribution

States

Western Australia

IBRA

WA: Northern Kimberley (NK)

History of changes

• Omphalotropidinae Thiele, 1927 [Placed on the Official List and given precedence over Garrettiinae by Opinion 973 (ICZN 1971: 149).].

  Type genus:

   Omphalotropis Pfeiffer, 1851.

  Secondary source:

   International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 1971. Opinion 973, Realia Baird, 1850 (Gastropoda): suppressed under the plenary powers. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 28(5–6): 149–150 [149].
• Garrettinae Kobelt, W. 1906. Synopsis der Pneumonopomen-Familie Realidae. Jahrbücher des Nassauischen Vereins für Naturkunde 59: 49–144 [49, 138].

General References

Bouchet, P. & Rocroi, J.-P. 2005. Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. Malacologia 47: 1–397 [251]

Fukuda, H., Ponder, W.F. & Marshall, B.A. 2006. Anatomy and relationships of Suterilla Thiele (Caenogastropoda: Assimineidae) with descriptions of four new species. Molluscan Research 26(3): 141-168 [142]

Fukuda, H. & Ponder, W.F. 2003. Australian freshwater assimineids, with a synopsis of the Recent genus-group of the Assimineidae (Mollusca: Caenogastropoda: Rissooidea). Journal of Natural History 37: 1977-2032 [1996]

Ponder, W.F. & Keyzer, R.G. de 1998. Family Assimineidae. pp. 756-758 in Beesley, P.L., Ross, G.J.B. & Wells, A. (eds). Mollusca: The Southern Synthesis. Fauna of Australia. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing Vol. 5(Part B) pp. vi–viii, 565–1234. [757]

History of changes

• Austroassiminea Solem, A., Girardi, E.L., Slack-Smith, S. & Kendrick, G.W. 1982. Austroassiminea letha, gen. nov., sp. nov., a rare and endangered prosobranch snail from south-western Australia (Mollusca : Prosobranchia : Assimineidae). Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 65(4): 119-129 [120].

  Type species:

   Austroassiminea letha Solem, Girardi, Slack-Smith & Kendrick, 1982 by original designation.

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Esperance Plains (ESP), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

General References

Fukuda, H. & Ponder, W.F. 2003. Australian freshwater assimineids, with a synopsis of the Recent genus-group of the Assimineidae (Mollusca: Caenogastropoda: Rissooidea). Journal of Natural History 37: 1977-2032 [1977-2032]

Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [150]

History of changes

• Austroassiminea letha Solem, A., Girardi, E.L., Slack-Smith, S. & Kendrick, G.W. 1982. Austroassiminea letha, gen. nov., sp. nov., a rare and endangered prosobranch snail from south-western Australia (Mollusca : Prosobranchia : Assimineidae). Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 65(4): 119-129 [121].

  Type data:

   Holotype WAM 71.80, Cosy Corner, Hamelin Bay, near Augusta, WA.
  Paratype(s) WAM 778.66; WAM 478.80; FMNH 200985; FMNH 200986; WAM 472.80; WAM 477.80; WAM 479.80; WAM 699.80.

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Esperance Plains (ESP), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Ecological Descriptors

Lotic freshwater.

Extra Ecological Information

Coastal springs and seepages.

General References

Fukuda, H. & Ponder, W.F. 2003. Australian freshwater assimineids, with a synopsis of the Recent genus-group of the Assimineidae (Mollusca: Caenogastropoda: Rissooidea). Journal of Natural History 37: 1977-2032 [1996-2003]

Solem, A., Girardi, E.L., Slack-Smith, S. & Kendrick, G.W. 1982. Austroassiminea letha, gen. nov., sp. nov., a rare and endangered prosobranch snail from south-western Australia (Mollusca : Prosobranchia : Assimineidae). Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 65(4): 119-129

History of changes

• Duritropis Iredale, T. 1944. The land Mollusca of Lord Howe Island. The Australian Zoologist 10: 299-334 [10 May 1944] [301].

  Type species:

   Omphalotropis brencheyi Sykes, 1900 by original designation.

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

Other Regions

Norfolk Island terrestrial & freshwater

General References

Fukuda, H. & Ponder, W.F. 2003. Australian freshwater assimineids, with a synopsis of the Recent genus-group of the Assimineidae (Mollusca: Caenogastropoda: Rissooidea). Journal of Natural History 37: 1977-2032 [2021]

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. [82]

History of changes

• Omphalotropis albocarinata Mousson, A. 1873. Faune malacologique de quelques îles de l'océan Pacifique occidental. II. îles de Norfolk et de Kermadec. Journal de Conchyliologie 21: 109-116 [Apr. 1873] [115].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, presumed lost, Norfolk Is.
• Omphalotropis brenchleyi Sykes, E.R. 1900. Non-marine Mollusca of Norfolk and Phillip Is. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 4: 139-147 [Oct. 1900] [145].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH 1870.12.31.108 (5 specimens), Norfolk Is.
• Duritropis fortilirata Iredale, T. 1945. The land Mollusca of Norfolk Island. The Australian Zoologist 11: 46-71 [48].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, presumed lost, Norfolk Is.

Generic Combinations

• Duritropis albocarinata (Mousson, 1873).

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

Other Regions

Norfolk Island terrestrial & freshwater

Ecological Descriptors

Leaf litter, rainforest, woodland.

General References

Fukuda, H. & Ponder, W.F. 2003. Australian freshwater assimineids, with a synopsis of the Recent genus-group of the Assimineidae (Mollusca: Caenogastropoda: Rissooidea). Journal of Natural History 37: 1977-2032 [2021]

Ponder, W.F. & Keyzer, R.G. de 1998. Family Assimineidae. pp. 756-758 in Beesley, P.L., Ross, G.J.B. & Wells, A. (eds). Mollusca: The Southern Synthesis. Fauna of Australia. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing Vol. 5(Part B) pp. vi–viii, 565–1234. [757, fig. 15.113 B-D]

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. [82]

History of changes

• Limborelia Iredale, T. 1944. The land Mollusca of Lord Howe Island. The Australian Zoologist 10: 299-334 [10 May 1944] [301].

  Type species:

   Hydrocena exquisita Pfeiffer, 1854 by original designation.

Distribution

IMCRA

Lord Howe Province (14)

Other Regions

Lord Howe Island terrestrial & freshwater

General References

Fukuda, H. & Ponder, W.F. 2003. Australian freshwater assimineids, with a synopsis of the Recent genus-group of the Assimineidae (Mollusca: Caenogastropoda: Rissooidea). Journal of Natural History 37: 1977-2032 [2029]

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. [80]

History of changes

• Hydrocena exquisita Pfeiffer, L. 1855. A monograph of the genera Realia and Hydrocena. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1854: 304-309 [8 May 1855] [307].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, presumed lost, Lord Howe Is.
• Omphalotropis pfeifferi Crosse, H. 1868. Diagnoses molluscorum novorum. Journal de Conchyliologie 16: 174-178 [Apr. 1868] [178].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, presumed lost, Lord Howe Is., New Hebrides (erroneous locality).

  Type locality references:

  Iredale, T. 1944. The land Mollusca of Lord Howe Island. The Australian Zoologist 10: 299-334 [10 May 1944] [302].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Iredale, T. 1944. The land Mollusca of Lord Howe Island. The Australian Zoologist 10: 299-334 [10 May 1944] [302]

Generic Combinations

• Limborelia exquisita (Pfeiffer, 1855). —
  Fukuda, H. & Ponder, W.F. 2003. Australian freshwater assimineids, with a synopsis of the Recent genus-group of the Assimineidae (Mollusca: Caenogastropoda: Rissooidea). Journal of Natural History 37: 1977-2032 [2029]

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Lord Howe Province (14)

Other Regions

Lord Howe Island terrestrial & freshwater

Ecological Descriptors

Closed forest, rainforest, woodland.

Extra Ecological Information

Lowland

General References

Fukuda, H. & Ponder, W.F. 2003. Australian freshwater assimineids, with a synopsis of the Recent genus-group of the Assimineidae (Mollusca: Caenogastropoda: Rissooidea). Journal of Natural History 37: 1977-2032 [2029]

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. [80-81]

History of changes

• Limborelia innesi Iredale, T. 1944. The land Mollusca of Lord Howe Island. The Australian Zoologist 10: 299-334 [10 May 1944] [302].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) AM C38960 (3 specimens), Black Face, Mt Lidgbird, Lord Howe Is.
• Limborelia innesi adjuncta Iredale, T. 1944. The land Mollusca of Lord Howe Island. The Australian Zoologist 10: 299-334 [10 May 1944] [302].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) AM C139445 (6 specimens), Mt Gower, Lord Howe Is.

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. [30] (based on an examination of types)

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

Other Regions

Lord Howe Island terrestrial & freshwater

Ecological Descriptors

Montane, rainforest, rockface.

Extra Ecological Information

Tall forest, on vertical rock surfaces

General References

Iredale, T. 1944. The land Mollusca of Lord Howe Island. The Australian Zoologist 10: 299-334 [10 May 1944] [302]

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. [82-83]

History of changes

• Opinorelia Iredale, T. 1944. The land Mollusca of Lord Howe Island. The Australian Zoologist 10: 299-334 [10 May 1944] [301].

  Type species:

   Opinorelia howeinsulae Iredale, 1944 by original designation.

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

General References

Fukuda, H. & Ponder, W.F. 2003. Australian freshwater assimineids, with a synopsis of the Recent genus-group of the Assimineidae (Mollusca: Caenogastropoda: Rissooidea). Journal of Natural History 37: 1977-2032 [2023]

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. [82]

History of changes

• Opinorelia howeinsulae Iredale, T. 1944. The land Mollusca of Lord Howe Island. The Australian Zoologist 10: 299-334 [10 May 1944] [302].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C38935, lowland, Lord Howe Is.
  Paratype(s) AM C107415 (3 specimens).
• Opinorelia howeinsulae belli Iredale, T. 1944. The land Mollusca of Lord Howe Island. The Australian Zoologist 10: 299-334 [10 May 1944] [302].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) AM C38936 (3 specimens), Mt Lidgbird, Lord Howe Is.

Distribution

Ecological Descriptors

Closed forest, open forest, rainforest, woodland.

Extra Ecological Information

On fallen palm leaves

General References

Fukuda, H. & Ponder, W.F. 2003. Australian freshwater assimineids, with a synopsis of the Recent genus-group of the Assimineidae (Mollusca: Caenogastropoda: Rissooidea). Journal of Natural History 37: 1977-2032 [2023]

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. [82-83]

History of changes

• Suterilla Thiele, J. 1927. Über die schneckenfamilie Assimineidae. Zoologische Jahrbücher (Systematik) 53: 113-146 [124, 127].

  Type species:

   Cirsonella? neozelanica Murdoch, 1899 by original designation.

Distribution

States

Tasmania

Extra Distribution Information

New Zealand

IMCRA

Norfolk Island Province (21), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35)

Other Regions

Norfolk Island terrestrial & freshwater

General References

Fukuda, H., Ponder, W.F. & Marshall, B.A. 2006. Anatomy and relationships of Suterilla Thiele (Caenogastropoda: Assimineidae) with descriptions of four new species. Molluscan Research 26(3): 141-168 [142-147]

Fukuda, H. & Ponder, W.F. 2003. Australian freshwater assimineids, with a synopsis of the Recent genus-group of the Assimineidae (Mollusca: Caenogastropoda: Rissooidea). Journal of Natural History 37: 1977-2032 [2024-2025]

History of changes

• Suterilla fluviatilis Fukuda, H., Ponder, W.F. & Marshall, B.A. 2006. Anatomy and relationships of Suterilla Thiele (Caenogastropoda: Assimineidae) with descriptions of four new species. Molluscan Research 26(3): 141-168 [160-162, figs 1J, 2M–O, 3M,N, 4E, 9B, 11, 12, 13].

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Norfolk Island Province (21)

Other Regions

Norfolk Island terrestrial & freshwater

Ecological Descriptors

Amphibious, coastal streams.

Extra Ecological Information

"found on bryophytes on wet rock next to a small waterfall" Fukuda, Ponder & Marshall, 2006

General References

Fukuda, H., Ponder, W.F. & Marshall, B.A. 2006. Anatomy and relationships of Suterilla Thiele (Caenogastropoda: Assimineidae) with descriptions of four new species. Molluscan Research 26(3): 141-168 [160-162, figs 1J, 2M–O, 3M,N, 4E, 9B, 11, 12, 13]

History of changes

• Suterilla julieae Fukuda, H., Ponder, W.F. & Marshall, B.A. 2006. Anatomy and relationships of Suterilla Thiele (Caenogastropoda: Assimineidae) with descriptions of four new species. Molluscan Research 26(3): 141-168 [159-160, figs 1I, 2J,L, 3K,L, 5R–V, 6D,I, 8D, 10E,F, 13].

Distribution

States

Tasmania

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Bass Strait Shelf Province (35)

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

Extra Ecological Information

"In semi-sheltered conditions amongst stones and piles of dead seagrasses at high tide" Fukuda, Ponder & Marshall, 2006

General References

Fukuda, H., Ponder, W.F. & Marshall, B.A. 2006. Anatomy and relationships of Suterilla Thiele (Caenogastropoda: Assimineidae) with descriptions of four new species. Molluscan Research 26(3): 141-168 [159-160, figs 1I, 2J,L, 3K,L, 5R–V, 6D,I, 8D, 10E,F, 13]

History of changes

• Telmosena Iredale, T. 1944. The land Mollusca of Lord Howe Island. The Australian Zoologist 10: 299-334 [10 May 1944] [301].

  Type species:

   Omphalotropis suteri Sykes, 1900 by original designation.

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

Other Regions

Norfolk Island terrestrial & freshwater

General References

Fukuda, H. & Ponder, W.F. 2003. Australian freshwater assimineids, with a synopsis of the Recent genus-group of the Assimineidae (Mollusca: Caenogastropoda: Rissooidea). Journal of Natural History 37: 1977-2032 [2030]

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. [82]

History of changes

• Omphalotropis suteri Sykes, E.R. 1900. Non-marine Mollusca of Norfolk and Phillip Is. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 4: 139-147 [Oct. 1900] [146].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1914.1.7.440, Norfolk Is.
  Paratype(s) BMNH 1914.1.7.441–448 (8 specimens); SMF 144568 (6 specimens).

  Secondary source:

   Zilch, A. 1967. Die Typen und Typoide des Natur-Museums Senckenberg, 36 (1): Mollusca, Assimineidae. Archiv für Molluskenkunde 96: 67-100 [76].

Generic Combinations

• Telmosena suteri (Sykes, 1900). —
  Fukuda, H. & Ponder, W.F. 2003. Australian freshwater assimineids, with a synopsis of the Recent genus-group of the Assimineidae (Mollusca: Caenogastropoda: Rissooidea). Journal of Natural History 37: 1977-2032 [2030]

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

Other Regions

Norfolk Island terrestrial & freshwater

Ecological Descriptors

Leaf litter, rainforest, woodland.

General References

Fukuda, H. & Ponder, W.F. 2003. Australian freshwater assimineids, with a synopsis of the Recent genus-group of the Assimineidae (Mollusca: Caenogastropoda: Rissooidea). Journal of Natural History 37: 1977-2032 [2030]

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. [82]

History of changes

• Hydrocena (Omphalotropis) cerea Pfeiffer, L. 1857. Descriptions of thirty-one new species of land-shells, from Mr Cuming's collection. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1857: 107-113 [pp. 107–112: 15 Aug. 1857; p. 113: 28 Sept. 1857] [112] [description inadequate for proper identification].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1983071, Norfolk Is., possibly exotic.

  Type locality references:

  Iredale, T. 1945. The land Mollusca of Norfolk Island. The Australian Zoologist 11: 46-71 [49].
• Assiminea vulgaris Webster, W.H. 1905. Some new species of New Zealand Marine Shells, together with remarks on some non-marine species, and some additions to the "Index Faunae". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 37: 276-280, pls 9, 10 [277].

History of changes

• Tateinae Thiele, J. 1925. Prosobranchia. pp. 40-94 in Kükenthal, W. & Krumbach, T. (eds). Handbuch der Zoologie. Berlin : Walter de Gruyter Vol. 5. [80].

  Type genus:

   Tatea Tenison-Woods, 1879.

Introduction

The family status of Tateidae is recognised following Criscione & Ponder (2013)

General References

Criscione, F. & Ponder, W.F. 2013. A phylogenetic analysis of rissooidean and cingulopsoidean families (Gastropoda: Caenogastropoda). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 66: 1075–1082 [1080]

Hershler, R. & Ponder, W.F. 1998. A review of Morphological Characters of Hydrobioid Snails. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 600: 1-55

Ponder, W.F. 1982. Hydrobiidae of Lord Howe Island (Mollusca : Gastropoda : Prosobranchia). Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 33: 89-159

Ponder, W.F. 1988. Potamopyrgus antipodarum - a molluscan coloniser of Europe and Australia. Journal of Molluscan Studies 54: 271-285

Ponder, W.F. 1992. Australian Hydrobiidae—an overview based on current research. pp. 525–528 in Proceedings of the Tenth International Malacological Congress, Tübingen 1989.

Ponder, W.F., Eggler, P. & Colgan, D.J. 1995. Genetic differentiation of aquatic snails (Gastropoda: Hydrobiidae) from artesian springs in arid Australia. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society of London 56: 553-596

Ponder, W.F. & Colgan, D.J. 2002. What makes a narrow range taxa? Insights from Australian freshwater snails. Invertebrate Systematics 16: 571-582

Ponder, W.F. & Keyzer, R.G. de 1998. Family Hydrobiidae. pp. 752-755 in Beesley, P.L., Ross, G.J.B. & Wells, A. (eds). Mollusca: The Southern Synthesis. Fauna of Australia. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing Vol. 5(Part B) pp. vi–viii, 565–1234.

Wilke, T., Haase, M., Hershler, R., Liu, H.-P., Misof, B. & Ponder, W. 2013. Pushing short DNA fragments to the limit: Phylogenetic relationships of ‘hydrobioid’ gastropods (Caenogastropoda: Rissooidea). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 66(3): 715-736 [723]

History of changes

• Ascorhis Ponder, W.F. & Clark, G.A. 1988. A morphological and electrophoretic examination of "Hydrobia buccinoides", a variable brackish-water gastropod from temperate Australia (Mollusca : Hydrobiidae). Australian Journal of Zoology 36: 661-689 [664].

  Type species:

   Bythinia victoriae Tenison-Woods, 1878 by original designation.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

NSW, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gawler (GAW), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Wet Tropics (WT) ; WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Esperance Plains (ESP), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

General References

Ponder, W.F. & Clark, G.A. 1988. A morphological and electrophoretic examination of "Hydrobia buccinoides", a variable brackish-water gastropod from temperate Australia (Mollusca : Hydrobiidae). Australian Journal of Zoology 36: 661-689 [664]

History of changes

• Ascorhis occidua Ponder, W.F. & Clark, G.A. 1988. A morphological and electrophoretic examination of "Hydrobia buccinoides", a variable brackish-water gastropod from temperate Australia (Mollusca : Hydrobiidae). Australian Journal of Zoology 36: 661-689 [671].

  Type data:

   Holotype WAM 20–88, Wanarup Inlet, N side of Busselton, WA.
  Paratype(s) WAM 21–88; AM C155677–8; WAM 22–88; AM C155679.

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Esperance Plains (ESP), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Ecological Descriptors

Coastal, mud bottom, under stones.

Extra Ecological Information

Coastal lagoons and creeks, marginal marine

General References

Ponder, W.F. & Clark, G.A. 1988. A morphological and electrophoretic examination of "Hydrobia buccinoides", a variable brackish-water gastropod from temperate Australia (Mollusca : Hydrobiidae). Australian Journal of Zoology 36: 661-689 [671]

History of changes

• Hydrobia tasmanica Martens, E.C. von 1858. Ueber einige Brakwasserbe wohner aus den Umgebungen Venedigs. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 24: 152-208 [185].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, presumed lost, TAS.
• Bythinia victoriae Tenison-Woods, J.E. 1878. On some new marine Mollusca. Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 14: 55-65 [65].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) NMV F658 (8 specimens), Lake Conneware, VIC.
• Hydrobia turbinata Petterd, W.F. 1889. Contributions for a systematic catalogue of the aquatic shells of Tasmania. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1888: 60-82 pls 1-4 [77].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) QVM 9:177 (11 specimens), River Styx, TAS; AM C27782 (8 specimens), River Styx, TAS; SAMA D16369 (3 specimens), River Styx, TAS.
• Assiminea pagodella Hedley, C. 1903. Studies on Australian Mollusca. Part VII. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 27: 596-619 [Date published 9 April 1903] [603].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C13534, Manly Lagoon, Sydney, NSW.
• Rissoa procincta Hedley, C. 1908. Studies on Australian Mollusca. Part 10. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 33: 456–489 [469].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C29109, Middle Harbour, Sydney, NSW.

  Secondary source:

   Ponder, W.F. & Clark, G.A. 1988. A morphological and electrophoretic examination of "Hydrobia buccinoides", a variable brackish-water gastropod from temperate Australia (Mollusca : Hydrobiidae). Australian Journal of Zoology 36: 661-689 [664].
• Potamopyrgus ruppiae Hedley, C. 1912. Descriptions of some new or noteworthy shells in the Australian Museum. Records of the Australian Museum 8: 131-160 [140].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) AM C30469 (40+ specimens), Dee Why & Freshwater Lagoons, Sydney, NSW; AM C25122 (12 specimens), Dee Why & Freshwater Lagoons, Sydney, NSW.
• Webbinella bassensis Parr, W.J. 1945. Recent Foraminifera from Barwon Heads, Victoria. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria ns 56: 189-218 [193] [name first errected for egg capsules which were incorrectly described as Foraminifera; corrected in Bell, K.N. & Burn, R. 1979. On the identity of Webbinella bassensis Parr. Victorian Naturalist (Melbourne) 96: 195–199].

  Type data:

   Holotype NMV G1251, Barwon Heads, VIC.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Ponder, W.F. & Clark, G.A. 1988. A morphological and electrophoretic examination of "Hydrobia buccinoides", a variable brackish-water gastropod from temperate Australia (Mollusca : Hydrobiidae). Australian Journal of Zoology 36: 661-689 [664]
• Ponder, W.F. 1997. Nomenclatural rectifications in Australian Hydrobiidae. Molluscan Research 18: 67-68 [67]

Generic Combinations

• Ascorhis tasmanica (Martens, 1858). —
  Ponder, W.F. 1997. Nomenclatural rectifications in Australian Hydrobiidae. Molluscan Research 18: 67-68 [67]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

NSW, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gawler (GAW), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Coastal, estuary, mud bottom–marine, under stones.

Extra Ecological Information

Coastal lagoons and creeks, marginal marine, on surface of mud, always submerged

General References

Bell, K.N. & Burn, R. 1979. On the identity of Webbinella bassensis Parr. Victorian Naturalist 96: 195-199 (identity of egg capsule)

Collins, A.C. 1974. Port Phillip survey 1957-63. Foraminifera. Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria, Melbourne 35: 1-61 (egg capsules misidentified as Foraminifera)

Ponder, W.F. 1997. Nomenclatural rectifications in Australian Hydrobiidae. Molluscan Research 18: 67-68 [67]

Ponder, W.F. & Clark, G.A. 1988. A morphological and electrophoretic examination of "Hydrobia buccinoides", a variable brackish-water gastropod from temperate Australia (Mollusca : Hydrobiidae). Australian Journal of Zoology 36: 661-689 (ecological notes, anatomy)

History of changes

• Austropupa Ponder, W.F., Nimbs, M.J. & Shea, M.E. 2023. Hyporheic Tateidae (Gastropoda: Truncatelloidea) from the Flinders Ranges, South Australia and Judbarra (Gregory) National Park, western Northern Territory, Australia, with some taxonomic notes on the family. Molluscan Research 1-21.

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA

Qld: Wet Tropics (WT)

History of changes