- Melania australis Lea, I. & Lea, H.C. 1851. Description of a new genus of the family Melaniana and of many new species of the genus Melania chiefly collected by Hugh Cuming Esq. during his zoological voyage in the east, and now first described. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1850: 179-197 [28 Feb. 1851] [185].
Type data:
Holotype USNM 119569, Victoria River, NT. - Melania cerea Brot, A. 1860. Description de nouvelles espèces de Melanies. Revue de Zoologie, Paris 1860: 254-267 [July 1860] [266].
Type data:
Syntype(s) GMNH no number (1 specimen), locality unknown. - Melania decussata Brot, A. 1862. Matériaux pour Servir à l'Étude de la famille des Mélaniens. I. Catalogue systématique des espèces qui composent la famille des Mélaniens. Genève : Jules-Guillaume Fick Vol. 1 72 pp. [55] [unnecessary replacement name for Melania australis Lea and Lea, 1851, Smith, B.J. 1992. Non-Marine Mollusca. In, Houston, W.W.K. (ed). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service Vol. 8 pp. xii 408].
- Melania elseyi Smith, E.A. 1882. On the freshwater shells of Australia. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 16: 255-316 [261].
Type data:
Syntype(s) BMNH 1857.9.30.18 (4 specimens), Australia. - Sermylasma retracta Iredale, T. 1943. A basic list of the freshwater Mollusca of Australia. The Australian Zoologist 10(2): 188-230 [208].
Type data:
Status unknown, presumed lost, Lennard River, WA.
Generic Combinations
- "Thiara" australis (Lea & Lea, 1851) [changed combination. Assigned tentatively]. —
Glaubrecht, M., Brinkmann, N. & Pöppe, J. 2009. Diversity and disparity 'down under': Systematics, biogeography and reproductive modes of the 'marsupial' freshwater Thiaridae (Caenogastropoda, Cerithioidea) in Australia. Zoosystematics and Evolution 85(2): 199-275 [215] - Plotiopsis australis (Lea & Lea, 1851). —
Iredale, T. 1943. A basic list of the freshwater Mollusca of Australia. The Australian Zoologist 10(2): 188-230 [208] - Sermyla retracta (Iredale, 1943) [combination applied in AFD].
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
NT, Qld, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Kimberley (CK), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Dampierland (DL), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Northern Kimberley (NK), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Sturt Plateau (STU), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB)
Ecological Descriptors
Detritivore, lentic freshwater, lotic freshwater.
General References
Glaubrecht, M., Brinkmann, N. & Pöppe, J. 2009. Diversity and disparity 'down under': Systematics, biogeography and reproductive modes of the 'marsupial' freshwater Thiaridae (Caenogastropoda, Cerithioidea) in Australia. Zoosystematics and Evolution 85(2): 199-275 [215-221, figs 1b, 2a–f, 8-11, 48]
Iredale, T. 1943. A basic list of the freshwater Mollusca of Australia. The Australian Zoologist 10(2): 188-230 [208]
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. [76] (incorrectly treated this species and its synonyms as synonyms of Melanoides tuberculata)
Stoddart, J.A. 1985. Analysis of species lineages of some Australian thiarids (Thiaridae, Prosobranchia, Gastropoda) using the evolutionary species concept. Journal of the Malacological Society of Australia 7: 7-16 [9]
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01-Jun-2021 | THIARIDAE | 04-Feb-2015 | MODIFIED | Dr Winston Ponder (AM) Mr Des Beechey (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM) |
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |