Genus Xanthomelon Martens in Albers, 1860
Type species:
Helix pomum Pfeiffer, 1842 by original designation (= Helix durvillii Hombron & Jacquinot, 1841).
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 [9]
Introduction
Taxonomy and relationships of Queensland species of Xanthomelon are uncertain, see Köhler & Burghardt (2016).
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Northern Australia to SE Qld
IBRA
NT: Darwin Coastal (DAC), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Sturt Plateau (STU), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW) ; NT, Qld: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Central Arnhem (CA), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Pine Creek (PCK) ; NT, WA: Victoria Bonaparte (VB) ; Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT) ; WA: Central Kimberley (CK), Northern Kimberley (NK)
Other Regions
Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater
General References
Köhler, F. 2011. The camaenid species of the Kimberley islands, Western Australia (Stylommatophora: Helicoidea). Malacologica 54: 203-406 [252]
Köhler, F. & Burghardt, I. 2016. Cryptic diversity in a widespread land snail: revision of the genus Xanthomelon Martens, 1860 from the Australian Monsoon Tropics (Pulmonata, Camaenidae). Zoologica Scripta 45: 127-144
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07-Mar-2024 | CAMAENIDAE Pilsbry, 1895 | 19-Feb-2024 | MODIFIED | |
| 08-Apr-2015 | CAMAENIDAE | 31-Mar-2015 | MODIFIED | |
| 05-Feb-2014 | HELICOIDEA | 05-Feb-2014 | MODIFIED | Dr John Stanisic |
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |