Species Zonitoides arboreus (Say, 1817)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Helix arboreus Say, T. 1817. Conchology. Nicholson's Amer. Edit. British Encycl. Philadelphia : Mitchell, Ames & White Vol. 2. [sp. 2].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, whereabouts unknown presumed lost, locality unknown.

  Secondary source:

   Pilsbry, H.A. 1948. Land Mollusca of North America (North of Mexico). Academy of Natural Sciences Philadadelphia, Monograph 2(2): 521-1113 [480].
• Helix lyndhurstensis Cox, J.C. 1868. A Monograph of Australian Land Shells. Sydney : Maddock 111 pp. [11].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C227, Lyndhurst, Sydney, NSW.
• Alienitor lyndhurstoides McLauchlan, C.F. 1954. Land shells originally introduced. The Australian Zoologist 12: 40 [40].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) AM C101178 5 specimens, Clifton Gardens, Sydney, NSW.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Bishop, M.J. 1978. Zonitoides arboreus (Say) (Pulmonata : Zonitidae) introduced into Australia and the identity of Alienator Iredale. Journal of the Malacological Society of Australia 4: 7-8 [8]
• Barker, G.M. 1999. Naturalised terrestrial Stylommatophora (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Fauna of New Zealand, 38. Lincoln, Canterbury, New Zealand : Manaaki Whenua Press 253 pp. [119]

 

Generic Combinations

• Zonitoides arboreus (Say, 1817).

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Eastern Australia from southern Vic to NE Qld. Occurs as far west as Hay in NSW. Atherton tablelands, NE Qld. Introduced worldwide

Introduced from North America.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

NSW, Qld, Vic: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

IMCRA

Lord Howe Province (14), Norfolk Island Province (21)

Other Regions

Lord Howe Island terrestrial & freshwater

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Lord Howe Island
  • New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
  • Norfolk Island
  • Queensland: NE coastal
  • Victoria

Ecological Descriptors

Crop, gardens, litter-dwelling, open scrub, root-feeder.

Extra Ecological Information

Gardens and cultivated areas; living under litter, pots and wood. Invasive in some native vegetation areas, eg Lord Howe I

 

General References

Barker, G.M. 1999. Naturalised terrestrial Stylommatophora (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Fauna of New Zealand, 38. Lincoln, Canterbury, New Zealand : Manaaki Whenua Press 253 pp. [119-121]

Pilsbry, H.A. 1948. Land Mollusca of North America (North of Mexico). Academy of Natural Sciences Philadadelphia, Monograph 2(2): 521-1113 (anatomy)

 

Common Name References

Barker, G.M. 1999. Naturalised terrestrial Stylommatophora (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Fauna of New Zealand, 38. Lincoln, Canterbury, New Zealand : Manaaki Whenua Press 253 pp. [120] (Orchid Snail)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
06-Feb-2014	GASTRODONTIDAE	25-May-2012	MODIFIED	Dr John Stanisic
06-Feb-2014		06-Feb-2012	MOVED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)