Australian Biological Resources Study

Australian Faunal Directory

Species Austrochloritis bellengerensis (Cox, 1871)

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Species Austrochloritis bellengerensis (Cox, 1871)

  • Helix bellengerensis Cox, J.C. 1871. Descriptions of seven new species of Australian land shells. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1871: 53-55 [12 June 1871] [54].
    Type data:
     
    Syntype(s) AM C136375 3 specimens, Bellinger (as Bellenger) River, NSW; AM C136376 4 specimens, Bellinger (as Bellenger) River, NSW; AM C136377 9 specimens, Bellinger (as Bellenger) River, NSW.
  • Helix bellingenensis Brazier, J. 1871. Description of two new species of land shells from Bellenger R. N.S.W. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1871: 321-322 [321].
    Type data:
     Syntype(s) AM C33389 1 specimen, Marnarm Creek, Bellinger (as Bellenger) River, NSW.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

  • 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. [117] (Stanisic, J. & Potter, D., pers. comm.)

 

Generic Combinations

  • Austrochloritis bellengerensis (Cox, 1871).

 

Distribution

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)
drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

IBRA

NSW: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Channel Country (CHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • New South Wales: SE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Open forest, woodland.

Extra Ecological Information

Under logs.