Species Ventopelita leucocheilus (Cox, 1868)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Helix leucocheilus Cox, J.C. 1868. A Monograph of Australian Land Shells. Sydney : Maddock 111 pp. [54] [nom. nov. for Helix mariae Cox, 1864].
• Helix mariae Cox, J.C. 1864. Catalogue of Australian Land Shells. Sydney : John Alex Engel 44 pp. [sp. 134] [non Helix mariae Gray, 1847; Helix mariae Cox, 1864 was published as species No. 134 on one of three un-numbered pages at the end of some copies of his work, probably a second or third print run; described simultaneously in Cox, J.C. 1865. Descriptions of four new species of Australian land shells. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1864: 594-596 [2 May 1865] (594); see Richardson, J.E. 1971].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) AM C136374 2 specimens, Clarence River, NSW.

  Secondary source:

   Cox, J.C. 1865. Descriptions of four new species of Australian land shells. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1864: 594-596 [2 May 1865]; Richardson, J.E. 1971. Dr James Cox – Conchologist (1834-1912). Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales 16(2): 71-83 [73].
• Helix leucocheilus lismorensis Pilsbry, H.A. 1890. in Tryon, G.W. & Pilsbry, H.A. Manual of Conchology. Philadelphia : Conchological Section, Academy of Natural Sciences Ser. 2 Vol. 6 324 pp. [140].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANSP 61393*, Lismore, Richmond River, NSW.

 

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. [167] (Stanisic, J. & Potter, D., pers. comm.)

 

Generic Combinations

• Ventopelita leucocheilus (Cox, 1868).

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Extra Distribution Information

Coffs Harbour to Kingscliffe, and W to the Richmond Ranges, NE NSW

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: SE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Under logs, under rocks, vine thicket, woodland.

 

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)