Species Victaphanta lampra (Reeve, 1854)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Helix lampra Reeve, L.A. 1854. Monograph of the genus Helix pls 175–209. In, Reeve, L.A. (ed.). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 7. [pl. 186, sp. 1295] [July 1854].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, whereabouts unknown presumed lost, Launceston, TAS.

 

Generic Combinations

• Victaphanta lampra (Reeve, 1854). —
  Smith, B.J. & Kershaw, R.C. 1979. Field Guide to the Non-marine Molluscs of South-eastern Australia. Canberra : A.N.U. Press 285 pp. [116]
• Strangesta lampra (Reeve, 1854). —
  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] [120]

 

Introduction

The shell of Victaphanta lampra differs from V. milligani by the paler colour, shape and radial sculpture on the teleoconch. Animals are orange-brown in colour with an orange-red mantle. The species was referred to this genus by Smith & Kershaw (1979) with reservations.

 

Distribution

States

Tasmania

Extra Distribution Information

N TAS.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Tas: Ben Lomond (BEL)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Closed forest, open forest, predator.

Extra Ecological Information

Tall forest.

 

Diagnosis

Shell large, reddish brown to greenish yellow, often with a broad yellowish area around umbilicus, subglobose with low spire; protoconch smooth, teleoconch initially with radial ribs grading to weak spirally arranged wrinkles, grooves and growth lines on last whorl above, smooth and very glossy on underside; umbilicus narrow, V-shaped; diameter to 22mm.

 

Diagnosis References

Smith, B.J. & Kershaw, R.C. 1979. Field Guide to the Non-marine Molluscs of South-eastern Australia. Canberra : A.N.U. Press 285 pp. [116]

 

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. [305]

Smith, B.J. & Kershaw, R.C. 1979. Field Guide to the Non-marine Molluscs of South-eastern Australia. Canberra : A.N.U. Press 285 pp. [114-115]

 

History of changes

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