Australian Biological Resources Study

Australian Faunal Directory

Species Austrochloritis brevipila (Pfeiffer, 1849)

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Species Austrochloritis brevipila (Pfeiffer, 1849)

  • Helix brevipila Pfeiffer, L. 1849. Descriptions of twenty-four new species of Helicea, from the collection of H. Cuming, Esq. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1848: 126-131 [25 Apr. 1849] [130].
    Type data:
     
    Syntype(s) BMNH 1959.10.28.44 2 specimens, Bellinger River (as E coast New Holland), NSW; BMNH 198054 2 specimens, Bellinger River (as E coast New Holland), NSW.
    Type locality references:
    Gude, G.K. 1906. Critical remarks on certain forms of Chloritis with descriptions of twelve new species. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 7: 40-50 [9 Mar. 1906] [48].
  • Chloritis novocambrica Gude, G.K. 1906. Critical remarks on certain forms of Chloritis with descriptions of twelve new species. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 7: 40-50 [9 Mar. 1906] [49].
    Type data:
     Holotype BMNH 1908.12.14.34, Bellinger 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.)

 

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Dorrigo to Border Ranges.


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, Qld: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Channel Country (CHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Plains (GUP), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), 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), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • New South Wales: SE coastal
    • Queensland: NE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Closed forest, litter.

Extra Ecological Information

Under logs.

 

General References

Hedley, C. 1889. Anatomical notes on the Helicidae. Part III. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 6: 249-252 [249] (anatomy, radula)