Genus Iotula Iredale, 1941

Museums

Regional Maps

• Iotula Iredale, T. 1941. Guide to the land shells of New South Wales. Pt II. Australian Naturalist 10: 262-269 [264].

  Type species:

   Helix microcosmos Cox, 1868 by original designation.

 

Introduction

Iotula most closely resembles Pseudiotula but differs by having tighter coiling, higher spire and almost closed umbilicus.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Eastern Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, Qld: Central Mackay Coast (CMC), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

Distribution References

Diagnosis

Shell minute, trochoidal with high domed spire; protoconch with spiral lirae, teleoconch sculptured with moderately spaced radial ribs and fine spiral threads; umbilicus almost closed. Colour waxy to resinous 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. [176]

 

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. [176]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
06-Feb-2014	PUNCTOIDEA	06-Feb-2014	MODIFIED	Dr John Stanisic
		12-Feb-2010	(import)