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Dictyoropa Shea & Colgan & Stanisic 2012, n. gen.

Description

Dictyoropa n. gen.

Gyrocochlea Hedley, 1924: 215 (in part); Iredale 1937: 322 (in part); Iredale 1941a: 267 (in part); Smith 1992: 190 (in part); Stanisic et al. 2010: 196 (in part).

Type species. Dictyoropa eurythma (Hedley, 1924) n. comb. —here designated.

Etymology. From the Greek diktyos = net, referring to the net-like protoconch sculpture.

Diagnosis. Shell very small, cinnamon brown, spire slightly sunken. Protoconch sculpture reticulate consisting of prominent, widely spaced, broad, continuous spiral cords that intersect with widely spaced radial ribs and ridges. Teleoconch sculpture of numerous, prominent, quite uniformly spaced, slightly sinuate, opisthocline radial ribs. Umbilicus wide cup-shaped.

Range and habitat. From the Clarence River drainage, NSW north to the Queensland Border; found in rainforest on volcanics, living under logs and rocks.

Remarks. Dictyoropa n. gen. has reticulate protoconch sculpture which is similar to that of Cancellocochlea coolongolook and Planorbacochlea parriwiensis. It differs mainly in having fewer spiral and radial elements. This pattern of reticulate protoconch sculpture features in several yet to be described charopids north of the Clarence River drainage apart from the type species.

Notes

Published as part of Shea, M., Colgan, D. J. & Stanisic, J., 2012, 3585, pp. 1-109 in Zootaxa 3585 on pages 80-81

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Shea & Colgan & Stanisic
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Order
Stylommatophora
Family
Charopidae
Genus
Dictyoropa
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic status
gen. nov.
Taxonomic concept label
Dictyoropa Shea, Colgan & Stanisic, 2012

References

  • Hedley, C. (1924) Some notes on Australian land shells. Australian Zoologist, 3, 215 - 221.
  • Iredale, T. (1937) A basic list of the land Mollusca of Australia. Australian Zoologist, 8, 287 - 333.
  • Iredale, T. (1941 a) Guide to the land shells of New South Wales. Part 2. The Australian Naturalist, 10, 262 - 269.
  • Smith, B. J. (1992). Non-Marine Mollusca. In Houston, W. W. K. (Ed), Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Australian Government Publishing Service. Canberra, 405 pp.
  • Stanisic, J., Shea, M., Potter, D. and Griffiths, O. (2010) Australian Land Snails Volume 1: A Field Guide to Eastern Australian Species. Bioculture Press, Mauritius, 591 pp.