Genus Torresitrachia Iredale, 1939

Museums

Regional Maps

• Torresitrachia Iredale, T. 1939. A review of the land Mollusca of Western Australia. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 25: 1-88 [21 Aug. 1939] [48] ["according to B.J. Smith (1992: 162), the name Torresitrachia was first proposed by Iredale (1933), but that introduction constituted only a nomen nudum. It was validly described later by Iredale (1939) and subsequently revised by Solem (1979)"].

  Type species:

   Helix (Trachia) endeavourensis Brazier, 1872 by original designation.
• Torresitrachia Iredale, T. 1933. Systematic notes on Australian land shells. Records of the Australian Museum 19: 37-59 [55] [nom. nud., see Solem, A. 1979. Camaenid land snails from western and central Australia (Mollusca : Pulmonata : Camaenidae) I. Taxa with trans-Australian distribution. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 10: 5–142 (45)].

  Secondary source:

   Solem, A. 1979. Camaenid land snails from western and central Australia (Mollusca : Pulmonata : Camaenidae) I. Taxa with trans-Australian distribution. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 10: 5-142.
• Magitrachia Iredale, T. 1941. A basic list of the land Mollusca of Papua. The Australian Zoologist 10: 51-94 [91].

  Type species:

   Planispira (Trachiopsis) blackiana Preston, 1905 by original designation.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Solem, A. 1979. Camaenid land snails from western and central Australia (Mollusca : Pulmonata : Camaenidae) I. Taxa with trans-Australian distribution. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 10: 5-142 [45]

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Northern Australia to southern Papua New Guinea

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

NT: Central Arnhem (CA), Daly Basin (DAB), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW) ; WA: Northern Kimberley (NK)

Other Regions

Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Northern Territory: N Gulf, N coastal
  • Queensland: N Gulf, NE coastal
  • Western Australia: N coastal

Distribution References

General References

Köhler, F. 2011. The camaenid species of the Kimberley islands, Western Australia (Stylommatophora: Helicoidea). Malacologica 54: 203-406 [339]

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. [162]

Solem, A. 1979. Camaenid land snails from western and central Australia (Mollusca : Pulmonata : Camaenidae) I. Taxa with trans-Australian distribution. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 10: 5-142

Willan, R.C., Köhler, F., Kessner, V. & Braby, M.F. 2009. Not known yet already threatened: description of four new species of limestone-associated Torresitrachia snails (Mollusca: Pulmonata: Camaenidae) from the Katherine District of the Northern Territory. The Beagle, Records of the Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory 25: 87-102

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
08-Apr-2015	CAMAENIDAE	02-Apr-2015	MODIFIED
30-Apr-2014	CAMAENIDAE	22-Apr-2014	MODIFIED	ABRS
05-Feb-2014	HELICOIDEA	05-Feb-2014	MODIFIED	Dr John Stanisic
		12-Feb-2010	(import)