Species Tornatellinops jacksonensis (Cox, 1864)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Bulimus jacksonensis Cox, J.C. 1864. Catalogue of Australian Land Shells. Sydney : John Alex Engel 44 pp. [25].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C240, Darling Point, Sydney, NSW.
• Tornatellina duplicilamellata Preston, H.B. 1913. Characters of new genera and species of terrestrial Mollusca from Norfolk Island. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 8 12: 522-538 [1 Dec. 1913].
• Tornatellina inconspicua Brazier, J. 1872. Descriptions of six new species of land shells from Australia and Lord Howe's Island. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1872: 617-619 [619].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM destroyed by 1944 (P. Colman, pers. comm.), Lord Howe Is.
• Tornatellina norfolkensis norfolkensis Preston, H.B. 1913. Characters of new genera and species of terrestrial Mollusca from Norfolk Island. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 8 12: 522-538 [1 Dec. 1913].
• Tornatellina norfolkensis moohuensis Preston, H.B. 1913. Characters of new genera and species of terrestrial Mollusca from Norfolk Island. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 8 12: 522-538 [1 Dec. 1913].
• Tornatellina norfolkensis nepeanensis Preston, H.B. 1913. Characters of new genera and species of terrestrial Mollusca from Norfolk Island. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 8 12: 522-538 [1 Dec. 1913].

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• 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. [534]

 

Generic Combinations

• Tornatellinops jacksonensis (Cox, 1864).

 

Introduction

Distinguished from Tornatellinops mastersi by its relatively slender shape. Light grey animal with broad fleshy foot.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania, Victoria

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

NSW, Qld, Tas, Vic: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Flinders (FLI), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Other Regions

Lord Howe Island terrestrial & freshwater, Norfolk Island terrestrial & freshwater

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: SE coastal
  • Queensland: NE coastal
  • Tasmania
  • Victoria: SE coastal

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Arboreal, closed forest, coastal dunes, tall closed forest.

Extra Ecological Information

Gardens.

 

Diagnosis

Shell very small, honey brown, elongate; smooth and shiny; columella sometimes bearing a lamella in juveniles; aperture sub-ovate with an elongate parietal lamella; height 3.1mm.

 

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. [92]

 

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. [92]

Stanisic, J., Shea, M., Potter, D. & Griffiths, O. 2017. Australian Land Snails. Volume 2. A field guide to southern, central and western species. Mauritius : Bioculture Press Vol. 2 pp. 580. [for nomenclature purposes, all taxa described in this volume must be dated 2018] [54]

 

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. [92] (Port Jackson Miniature Treesnail)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
28-Mar-2012		28-Mar-2012	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)