Shell with faint spiral sculpture and relatively deep sutures
Umbilicus widely open.
Morphological Distribution: Northern Australia. In Western Australia it occurs as far south as the Pilbara region.
Molecular (COI) Distribution: 250km linear distribution across Pilbara.
SRE Status: We currently regard this as a widespread species.
Key References:
Köhler, F., Kessner, V. and Whisson, C. (2012). New records of non-marine, non-camaenid gastropods (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from islands off the Kimberley coast, Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum27:21-39.
Solem, A. (1989). Non-camaenid land snails of the Kimberley and Northern Territory, Australia. 1. Systematics, affinities and ranges. Invertebrate Taxonomy2(4): 455–604.
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.
Images
Apertural view of shell of Stenopylis coarctata (photo by Vince Kessner)
Dorsal view of shell of Stenopylis coarctata (photo by Vince Kessner)
Ventral view of shell of Stenopylis coarctata (photo by Vince Kessner
This guide has been developed by Corey Whisson and Lisa Kirkendale, it can be cited as follows:
Stenopylis coarctata (Moellendorff, 1894)
Family: Helicodiscidae
Genus: Stenopylis
Species: coarctata
Authority: (Moellendorff, 1894)
Identification:
Morphological Distribution: Northern Australia. In Western Australia it occurs as far south as the Pilbara region.
Molecular (COI) Distribution: 250km linear distribution across Pilbara.
SRE Status: We currently regard this as a widespread species.
Key References:
Köhler, F., Kessner, V. and Whisson, C. (2012). New records of non-marine, non-camaenid gastropods (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from islands off the Kimberley coast, Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 27:21-39.
Solem, A. (1989). Non-camaenid land snails of the Kimberley and Northern Territory, Australia. 1. Systematics, affinities and ranges. Invertebrate Taxonomy 2(4): 455–604.
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.
Images
Apertural view of shell of Stenopylis coarctata (photo by Vince Kessner)
Dorsal view of shell of Stenopylis coarctata (photo by Vince Kessner)
Ventral view of shell of Stenopylis coarctata (photo by Vince Kessner
This guide has been developed by Corey Whisson and Lisa Kirkendale, it can be cited as follows:
Whisson, C and Kirkendale, L (2014). Field Guide to the terrestrial and freshwater molluscs of the North West, version 1.0. Western Australian Museum, Perth. http://museum.wa.gov.au/catalogues-beta/wam-fieldguides/pilbara-snails
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