Species Torresiropa spaldingi (Brazier, 1876)
Torres Islands Carnivorous Snail
Compiler and date details
October 2012 - Dr John Stanisic
- Helix (Patula) spaldingi 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] [103].
Type data:
Syntype(s) AM C55501 4 specimens, Cape York and Albany, Bet, Sue, Coconut and Warrior Ils, Torres Strait, QLD; AM(MMUS) A115 5 specimens, Cape York and Albany, Bet, Sue, Coconut and Warrior Ils, Torres Strait, QLD; AM(MMUS) A115ii 18 specimens, Cape York and Albany, Bet, Sue, Coconut and Warrior Ils, Torres Strait, QLD; AM(MMUS) A115iii 10 specimens, Cape York and Albany, Bet, Sue, Coconut and Warrior Ils, Torres Strait, QLD; AM(MMUS) A115iv 1 specimen, Cape York and Albany, Bet, Sue, Coconut and Warrior Ils, Torres Strait, QLD; AM C55502 7 specimens, Cape York and Albany, Bet, Sue, Coconut and Warrior Ils, Torres Strait, QLD; AM C55503 2 specimens, Cape York and Albany, Bet, Sue, Coconut and Warrior Ils, Torres Strait, QLD; AM(MMUS) A115i 23 specimens, Cape York and Albany, Bet, Sue, Coconut and Warrior Ils, Torres Strait, QLD. - Helix (Patula) spaldingi carinata Brazier, J. 1880. List of the land shells found on Thursday Island, with descriptions of the new species. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 4: 392-396 [May 1880] [393] [non Helix carinata Montagu, 1803].
Type data:
Syntype(s) AM C55504 2 specimens, Thursday Is., Torres Strait, QLD; AM C8904 2 specimens, Thursday Is., Torres Strait, QLD. - Torresiropa mella Iredale, T. 1933. Systematic notes on Australian land shells. Records of the Australian Museum 19: 37-59 [54] [nom. nov. for Helix (Patula) spaldingi carinata Brazier, 1880].
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- 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. [304] (based on original descriptions and an examination of types)
Generic Combinations
- Torresiropa spaldingi (Brazier, 1876). —
Solem, A. 1959. On the family position of some Palau, New Guinea, and Queensland land snails. Archiv für Molluskenkunde 88: 151-158 [156] (changed combination as type species of Torresiropa)
Introduction
Torresiropa spaldingi is distinguished by the combination of peripheral keel, very wide umbilicus and sculpture of coarse radial ribs on the teleoconch.
Distribution
States
Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Cape York and the Torres Strait islands, FN QLD
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
Qld: Cape York Peninsula (CYP)
Other Regions
Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater
Distribution References
Ecological Descriptors
Under litter, under rocks, vine thicket.
Diagnosis
Shell small, dull tawny-yellow to pale pinkish-brown, trochoidal to depressedly turbinate, body whorl periphery strongly angular with ridge or keel, sutures deeply impressed, spire domed; protoconch with curved radial ridges, teleoconch sculpture of strong coarse, regular radial ribs; umbilicus extremely wide, U-shaped; diameter 5.5mm.
Diagnosis References
General References
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. [304]
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. [156] (Torres Islands Carnivorous Snail)
History of changes
Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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12-Apr-2022 | HELICINA | 04-Sep-2024 | MODIFIED | |
03-Jan-2013 | 03-Jan-2013 | MODIFIED | ||
12-Feb-2010 | (import) |