Species Tornatellinops mastersi (Brazier, 1876)

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• Tornatellina mastersi Brazier, J. 1876. Descriptions of thirty-five new species of land shells from New Guinea, Australia, and islands in the Torres Straits, collected during the Chevert Expedition. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 1: 98-113 [Date published July 1876] [108].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) AM(MMUS) A153 14 specimens, Darnley Is., Torres Strait, QLD.
• Tornatellina grenvillei Brazier, J. 1876. Descriptions of thirty-five new species of land shells from New Guinea, Australia, and islands in the Torres Straits, collected during the Chevert Expedition. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 1: 98-113 [Date published July 1876] [109].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) AM(MMUS) A152 18 specimens, Home Is., off Cape Grenville and Albany Is., (off Cape York), QLD; AM(MMUS) A152i 10 specimens, Home Is., off Cape Grenville and Albany Is., (off Cape York), QLD.

  Secondary source:

   Ponder, W.F. & Stanbury, P.J. 1972. Type specimens in the Macleay Museum, University of Sydney. VI. Mollusca. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 97(1): 42-55 [49].
• Tornatellina petterdi Brazier, J. 1876. Descriptions of thirty-five new species of land shells from New Guinea, Australia, and islands in the Torres Straits, collected during the Chevert Expedition. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 1: 98-113 [Date published July 1876] [109].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM(MMUS) A154, Darnley Is., Torres Strait, QLD.
• Tornatellinops pressus Iredale, T. 1940. Guide to the land shells of New South Wales. Australian Naturalist 10: 227-236 [233].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C101061, Macleay River, NSW.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Iredale, T. 1937. A basic list of the land Mollusca of Australia. The Australian Zoologist 8: 287-333 [12 Mar. 1937] [300]
• 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 mastersi (Brazier, 1876).

 

Introduction

A tiny arboreal species distinguished from Tornatellinops jacksonensis by its broader more ovate shape.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

NSW, Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Other Regions

Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Queensland: N Gulf, NE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Arboreal, open scrub, woodland.

 

General References

Pilsbry, H.A. & Cooke, C.M. 1915. in Tryon, G.W. & Pilsbry, H.A. Manual of Conchology. Philadelphia : Conchological Department, Academy of Natural Sciences Ser. 2 Vol. 23 302 pp. [1 Dec. 1915] [182, pl.38, fig.8; pl.53, fig.11] (subsequent figure)

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]

 

Common Name References

Stanisic. J. & Potter, D. 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. [92] (Masters' 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)