Species Torresitrachia torresiana (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1841)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Helyx torresiana Hombron, J.B. & Jacquinot, C.H. 1841. Description de quelques Mollusques, provenant de la campagne de l'Astrolabe et de la Zélée. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Paris 2 16: 62-65 [July 1841] [63].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) MNHP no number 4 specimens, Toud Is., Torres Strait, QLD.
• Helix delessertiana Le Guillou, E. 1842. Description de vingt-sept espèces d'Helices nouvelles. Revue Zoologique par la Société Cuvierienne 5: 136-141 [Date published June 1842] [138].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) MNHP no number 6 specimens, Warrior Is., Torres Strait, QLD.
• Helix taranaki Pfeiffer, L. 1846. Symbolae ad Historiam Heliceorum. Cassellis : Fischer Vol. 3 100 pp. [74].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, whereabouts unknown presumed lost, Possession Is., Torres Strait, QLD.

  Type locality references:

  Iredale, T. 1938. A basic list of the land Mollusca of Australia. Pt III. The Australian Zoologist 9: 83-124 [Date published 30 Nov. 1938] [110].
• Helix torresii Forbes, E. 1851. On the Mollusca collected by Mr MacGillivray during the voyage of the Rattlesnake. In, MacGillivray, J. (ed.). Narrative of the Voyage of the H.M.S. Rattlesnake, commanded by the late Captain Owen Stanley, during the years 1846-1850. London : T. & W. Boone Vol. 2 395 pp. [Dec. 1851] [370] [nom. nud., see Iredale, T. 1938. A basic list of the land Mollusca of Australia. Pt III. Australian Zoologist 9: 83–124 [30 Nov. 1938] (110)].

  Secondary source:

   Iredale, T. 1938. A basic list of the land Mollusca of Australia. Pt III. The Australian Zoologist 9: 83-124 [Date published 30 Nov. 1938].
• Helix leucolena Crosse, H. 1867. Diagnoses molluscorum novorum. Journal de Conchyliologie 15: 444-449 [1 Oct. 1867] [447].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, whereabouts unknown presumed lost, QLD.

  Type locality references:

  Ancey, C.F. 1904. Notes, critiques et synonymiques. Journal de Conchyliologie 52: 288-316 [295].
• Helix (Trachia) endeavourensis Brazier, J. 1872. Description of eight new Australian Land-Shells. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1871: 639-642 [2 May 1872] [640].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C33409, Endeavour River, 15º20´S, 145º11´E, QLD.

 

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 [61]

 

Generic Combinations

• Torresitrachia torresiana (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1841).

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Mid-Cape York Peninsula to the Torres Strait islands, FN Qld

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

Other Regions

Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Queensland: N Gulf, NE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Detritivore, saxicoline, under litter, under logs, under rocks, vine thicket, woodland.

Extra Ecological Information

Littoral scrub; sometimes lives buried in soil

 

General References

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 [63] (anatomy)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
05-Feb-2014	HELICOIDEA	26-Jul-2012	MODIFIED	Dr John Stanisic
		12-Feb-2010	(import)