Species Parmellops etheridgei (Brazier, 1889)

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Species Parmellops etheridgei (Brazier, 1889)

Cream-dappled Semi-slug

Vitrina (Parmella) etheridgei Brazier, J. 1889. Mollusca. pp. 22-30 in Etheridge, R. The general zoology of Lord Howe Island. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 2: 1-42 [1 May 1889] [pl. 5, fig. 9] [without description; name first introduced as a figure].
Type data:
Syntype(s) AM C101065, Lord Howe Is.
Parmellops australis Iredale, 1944 [not Vitrina australis of Reeve, 1862].

Generic Combinations

Parmellops etheridgei (Brazier, 1889).

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Extra Distribution Information

Lord Howe I

Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.

IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IMCRA

Lord Howe Province (14)

Other Regions

Lord Howe Island terrestrial & freshwater

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- Lord Howe Island

Ecological Descriptors

Arboreal, forest.

Extra Ecological Information

Palm-dominated forest; usually seen crawling on palm leaves and trunks at night

General References

Hedley, C. 1890. On Parmella etheridgei, Brazier. Records of the Australian Museum 1: 78-80 (anatomy)

Hyman, I.T. & Ponder, W.F. 2016. Helicarionidae (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia: Stylommatophora) of Lord Howe Island. Molluscan Research 36(2): 84-107 [103, Figures 2H, 3H, 4H, 6F, 7E, 10L–M, 11C, 12A, 13A–C; Table 8]

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
05-Feb-2014	HELICARIONIDAE	03-Apr-2012	MODIFIED	Dr John Stanisic (BAAM)
18-Jun-2010		26-Jul-2010	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)

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