Species Pseudiotula eurysiana Stanisic, 2010

Museums

Regional Maps

• Pseudiotula eurysiana Stanisic, J. in 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. [178, 566] [etymology: from the Greek eurys = widespread, referring to the widespread distribution].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM MO37548, Timor Caves, via Murrurundi, ME NSW [31°41'S, 151°08'E].
  Paratype(s) QM MO37988; QM MO78591; AM SC400038; AM SC400041.

 

Introduction

Pseudiotula eurysiana is similar to Iotula microcosmos but has a flatter, less tightly coiled shell with a wider umbilicus.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

SE NSW, N to the Mackay area, ME QLD

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

Ecological Descriptors

Litter-dwelling, rainforest, vine thicket.

 

Diagnosis

Shell minute, light brown, trochoidal with a low spire; protoconch spirally lirate, teleoconch sculpture of moderately spaced, radial growth lines and fine spiral threads; umbilicus open, narrow; diameter 1.3mm.

 

Diagnosis References

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. [178]

 

General References

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. [178]

 

Common Name References

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. [178] (Timor Caves Pinhead Snail)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
	PUNCTOIDEA	11-Apr-2012	ADDED	Dr John Stanisic