Species Xanthomelon pachystylum (Pfeiffer, 1845)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Helix pachystyla Pfeiffer, L. 1845. Descriptions of twenty-two new species of Helix, from the collections of Miss Saul, Mr. Walton Esq., and H. Cuming, Esq. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1845: 71-75 [Oct. 1845] [71].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH 1982233 1 specimen, Port Curtis, QLD.

  Type locality references:

  Reeve, L.A. 1852. Monograph of the genus Helix pls 63-132, 134-146. In, Reeve, L.A. (ed.). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 7. [sp. 364].
• Thersites pachystyla subfuscozonata Cox, J.C. 1894. Notes on Thersites pachystyla Pfr. var. subfusco-zonatal, var. nov. from Queensland. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 23: 650-652 [May 1894] [650].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) AM C5308 4 specimens, Port Curtis, QLD.
• Xanthomelon pachystylum noscitum 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] [102].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C100675, Keswick Is., Whitsunday Group, QLD.
  Paratype(s) AM C112890 25 specimens.

 

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. [172] (based on original descriptions and an examination of types)

 

Generic Combinations

• Xanthomelon pachystylum (Pfeiffer, 1845). —
  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] [101]

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Around Cairns to south of Maryborough and inland to Roma, eastern QLD

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Under debris, under logs, under rocks, vine thicket, woodland.

Extra Ecological Information

Buried

 

General References

Hedley, C. 1889. Notes on the Helicidae. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 6: 120-121 [121] (anatomy, radula)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
07-Mar-2024	CAMAENIDAE Pilsbry, 1895	19-Feb-2024	MODIFIED
05-Feb-2014	HELICOIDEA	26-Jul-2012	MODIFIED	Dr John Stanisic
		12-Feb-2010	(import)