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Species Austrochloritis victoriae (Cox, 1868)

  • Helix victoriae Cox, J.C. 1868. A Monograph of Australian Land Shells. Sydney : Maddock 111 pp. [37].
    Type data:
     Syntype(s) AM C33233 1 specimen, Western Port, VIC.
  • Helix brunonia Johnston, R.M. 1888. Notes with respect to the freshwater fishes, and the land and freshwater molluscs of King's Island. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1887: 74-76 [1888] [75].
    Type data:
     Status unknown, whereabouts unknown presumed lost, King Is., Bass Strait, TAS.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

  • Iredale, T. 1938. A basic list of the land Mollusca of Australia. Pt III. The Australian Zoologist 9: 83-124 [Date published 30 Nov. 1938] [86]

 

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

S Victoria and King Is.


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

Tas, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Ben Lomond (BEL), Flinders (FLI), King (KIN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • Tasmania
    • Victoria

Ecological Descriptors

Litter, woodland.

Extra Ecological Information

Tall forest.

 

General References

Solem, A. 1979. Camaenid land snails from western and central Australia (Mollusca : Pulmonata : Camaenidae) I. Taxa with trans-Australian distribution. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 10: 5-142 [121] (anatomy)