Genus Chondrula Beck, 1837

Museums

Regional Maps

• Chondrula Beck, H.H. 1837. Index Molluscorum Praesentis Aevi Musei Principis Augustissimi Christiani Frederici. Hafniae : Beck Vol. 1 pp. 1-100. [87].

  Type species:

   Helix tridens Müller, 1774 by subsequent designation.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Subgeneric Arrangement

• Giusti, F., Manganelli, G. & Schembri, P.J. 1995. Monographie XV. The non-marine molluscs of the Maltese Islands. Torino : Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali 607 pp. [238]

 

Introduction

A mainly European genus distinguished by an elongately oval shell. A single introduced species has been recorded from New South Wales.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Extra Distribution Information

Once recorded from around Sydney, NSW (introduced); now believed to be extinct at this location. Elsewhere Mediterannean region to eastern Europe

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW: Sydney Basin (SB)

Diagnosis

Shell medium-sized, ovately elongate, with irregular growth lines and malleations; lip reflected and a small denticle present on the parietal wall of aperture; umbilicus absent. Colour axially striated white and brown.

 

Diagnosis References

Stanisic, J., Shea, M., Potter, D. & Griffiths, O. 2010. Australian Land Snails. A field guide to eastern Australian species. Mauritius : Bioculture Press Vol. 1 595 pp. [116]

 

General References

Stanisic, J., Shea, M., Potter, D. & Griffiths, O. 2010. Australian Land Snails. A field guide to eastern Australian species. Mauritius : Bioculture Press Vol. 1 595 pp. [116]

 

Common Name References

Stanisic, J., Shea, M., Potter, D. & Griffiths, O. 2010. Australian Land Snails. A field guide to eastern Australian species. Mauritius : Bioculture Press Vol. 1 595 pp. [116] (Climbing Snails)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
04-Apr-2012		04-Apr-2012	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)