Species Bothriembryon tasmanicus (Pfeiffer, 1853)
- Bulimus tasmanicus Pfeiffer, L. 1853. Descriptions of fifty-four new species of Helicea, from the collection of Hugh Cuming, Esq. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1851: 252-263 [pp. 252–256: 26 July 1853; pp. 257–263: 7 Dec. 1853] [260].
Type data:
Syntype(s) BMNH 1981204 1 specimen, Maria Is., TAS (as Van Diemen's Land).Type locality references:
Kershaw, R.C. 1987. Type localities for six species of Tasmania land molluscs (Pulmonata : Stylommatophora). Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 121: 57-68 [61]. - Bothriembryon gunni brachysoma Pilsbry, H.A. 1900. in Tryon, G.W. & Pilsbry, H.A. Manual of Conchology. Philadelphia : Conchological Section, Academy of Natural Sciences Ser. 2 Vol. 13 253 pp. [23 Apr. 1900] [19].
Type data:
Holotype ANSP 8461, Great Oyster Bay coast (as E coast), TAS.Type locality references:
Kershaw, R.C. 1987. Type localities for six species of Tasmania land molluscs (Pulmonata : Stylommatophora). Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 121: 57-68 [62].
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Iredale, T. 1937. A basic list of the land Mollusca of Australia. The Australian Zoologist 8: 287-333 [12 Mar. 1937] [313]
Distribution
States
Tasmania
Extra Distribution Information
E and S coast.
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
Tas: Flinders (FLI), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE)
Ecological Descriptors
Arboreal, closed forest, litter, open forest.
General References
Breure, A.S.H. 1978. Notes on descriptions of Bulimulidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda). Zoologische Verhandelingen (Leiden) 164: 1-255 [207] (reproductive anatomy)
Kershaw, R.C. 1986. Anatomical notes on the land snail Bothriembryon (Pulmonata : Bulimulidae) from South Australia and Western Australia. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 19: 327-337 (anatomy)