Species Testacella haliotidea Draparnaud, 1801

Museums

Regional Maps

• Testacella haliotidea Draparnaud, J.P.R. 1801. Tableau des Mollusques Terrestres et Fluviatiles de la France. Montpellier : F. Bonnarig 116 pp. [99].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) NHMW Acq. No. 1820. xxvi. 151 2 specimens, ?Montpellier, France.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Vic to Sydney, ME NSW. Native to central and western Europe. Introduced to Canada, USA, Cuba, Australia and New Zealand

Introduced from western Europe.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

NSW, Vic: Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales
  • Victoria

Ecological Descriptors

Burrower, gardens, predator, soil dweller, under rocks.

Extra Ecological Information

Nurseries and weedy areas; suburban cultivated; living under pots

 

General References

Barker, G.M. 1999. Naturalised terrestrial Stylommatophora (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Fauna of New Zealand, 38. Lincoln, Canterbury, New Zealand : Manaaki Whenua Press 253 pp. [98-99]

Quick, H.E. 1960. British Slugs (Pulmonata : Testacellidae, Arionidae, Limacidae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zoology 6: 103-226 (anatomy)

 

Common Name References

Barker, G.M. 1999. Naturalised terrestrial Stylommatophora (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Fauna of New Zealand, 38. Lincoln, Canterbury, New Zealand : Manaaki Whenua Press 253 pp. [98] (Shelled Slug)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
06-Feb-2014	TESTACELLIDAE	23-Apr-2012	MODIFIED	Dr John Stanisic
		12-Feb-2010	(import)