Species Theba pisana (Müller, 1774)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Helix pisana Müller, O.F. 1774. Vermium Terrestrium et Fluviatilium, seu Animalium Infusorium, Helminthicorum, et Testaceorum, non marinorum, Succincta Historia. Havniae & Lipsiae : Heineck & Faber Vol. 2 xxvi 214 pp. [60].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, whereabouts unknown presumed lost, locality unknown.

  Secondary source:

   Cotton, B.C. 1954. A catalogue of introduced snails and slugs in Australia. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 11: 177-187 pl. 24 [180]; Pomeroy, D.E. & Laws, H.M. 1967. The distribution of introduced snails in South Australia. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 15: 483-494 [484].

 

Generic Combinations

• Theba pisana (Müller, 1774).

 

Distribution

States

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

Extra Distribution Information

Throughout drier coastal southern Australia as far north as Port Stephens, NSW. Native to maritime Europe, the Mediterannean and the Middle East

Introduced from Europe.

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
  • South Australia: Murray-Darling basin, S Gulfs, SE coastal, W plateau
  • Tasmania
  • Victoria: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
  • Western Australia: SW coastal, W plateau

Ecological Descriptors

Herbivore.

Extra Ecological Information

Dry open grassy areas and dunes, grain crops and roadside vegetation; living sealed to vegetation

 

General References

Baker, G.H. 1986. The biology and control of white snails (Mollusca: Helicidae), introduced pests in Australia. CSIRO Aust. Div. Entomol. Tech. Pap. No. 25 31 pp. (biology, control)

Baker, G.H. 1988. Dispersal of Theba pisana (Mollusca: Helicidae). Journal of Applied Ecology 25(3): 889-900

Baker, G.H. & Vogelzang, B.K. 1988. Life history, population dynamics and polymorphism of Theba pisana (Mollusca: Helicidae) in Australia. Journal of Applied Ecology 25(3): 867-887 (biology)

Cowie, R.H. 1984. The life-cycle and productivity of the land snail Theba pisana (Mollusca : Helicidae). Journal of Animal Ecology 53: 311-325 (life cycle, productivity)

Sacchi, C.F. 1990. Observations sur le cycle biotique de Theba pisana (Mueller): Gastropoda, Pulmonata, en Europe et en Australie. Haliotis 10: 31-40

Smallridge, M.A. & Kirby, G.C. 1988. Competitive interactions between the land snails Theba pisana (Muller) and Cernuella virgata (da Costa) from South Australia. Journal of Molluscan Studies 54: 251-258 (ecology)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
05-Feb-2014	HELICOIDEA	26-Jul-2012	MODIFIED	Dr John Stanisic
		20-Dec-2012	MODIFIED