Species Subulina octona (Bruguière, 1792)
Subulina octona. Height of shell: 22 mm
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Species Subulina octona (Bruguière, 1792)
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Compiler and date details
July 2012 - Dr John Stanisic
1992 - Brian J. Smith, Museum Victoria, Melbourne
- Bulimus octona Bruguière, M. 1792. Encyclopédie Méthodique ou par ordre de matières. Histoire naturelle des vers. Paris : Panckoucke Vol. 1 i–xviii, 757 pp. [325].
Type data:
Status unknown, whereabouts unknown presumed lost, locality unknown.Secondary source:
Pilsbry, H.A. 1906. in Tryon, G.W. & Pilsbry, H.A. (eds) Manual of Conchology. Philadelphia : Conchology Dept. Academy Natural Sciences Ser 2 Vol. 18. 357 pp. 51 pls [10 Apr. 1906] [72]; Smith, B.J. & Dartnall, A.J. 1976. Veronicellid slugs in the Northern Territory with notes on other land molluscs. Journal of the Malacological Society of Australia 3: 186 [186].
Generic Combinations
- Subulina octona (Bruguière, 1792).
Introduction
Subulina octona is the largest subulinid in Australia. The species is known to be intermediate host for rat lungworm.
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Patchy coastal distribution from Byron Bay, NE NSW to the Wet Tropics, NE Qld. Elsewhere NT and WA. Native to tropical America
Introduced from tropical America.
IBRA
NSW, NT, Qld, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Northern Kimberley (NK), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)
Other Regions
Cocos (Keeling) Islands terrestrial & freshwater, Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater
Distribution References
Ecological Descriptors
Crop, detritivore, gardens, riparian vegetation, under litter, under logs.
Extra Ecological Information
Strandline thickets, parks and nurseries; dead vegetable matter feeder
General References
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. [309]
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. [120] (Tropical Awlsnail)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 03-Aug-2012 | 03-Aug-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |