Bothriembryon bradshawi
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Familia: Bothriembryontidae
Genus: Bothriembryon
Name
Bothriembryon bradshawi Iredale, 1939 – Wikispecies link – Pensoft Profile
- Bothriembryon bradshawi Iredale 1939[1]: 24, pl. 2 fig. 14; Wells 1977[2]: 52; B.J. Smith 1992[3]: 102.
Type locality
[Western Australia] “Tambellup”.
Label
“Tambellup / WA”.
Dimensions
“Length, 19.5 mm., breadth, 12 mm”; figured specimen H 19.0, D 11.4, W 4.7.
Type material
AM C100749, syntype; AM C59096, nine syntypes; AM C59208, 30+ syntypes; WAM S15148, four syntypes; WAM S15149, two syntypes; WAM S15150, one syntype (all ex E.R. Bradshaw).
Remarks
Iredale’s description is based on “A good series” of shells. According to Wells (1977)[2] the WAM collection holds five paratypes.
Current systematic position
Bothriembryontidae, Bothriembryon bradshawi Iredale, 1939.
Taxon Treatment
- Breure, A; Whisson, C; 2012: Annotated type catalogue of Bothriembryon (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Orthalicoidea) in Australian museums, with a compilation of types in other museums ZooKeys, 194: 41-80. doi
Other References
- ↑ Iredale T (1939) A review of the land Mollusca of Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum and Art Gallery 2(1): 1–88. [Published 1.viii.1939; same text re-published 21.viii.1939 in Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 25:1–88 (read before the Society on 13.ix.1938, but publication delayed)].
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Wells F (1977) Type specimens in the Department of Molluscs, Western Australian Museum. Records of the Western Australian Museum 6 (1): 33-61.
- ↑ Smith B (1992) Non-marine Mollusca. In: Houston WWK (Ed) Zoological Catalogue of Australia, 8. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra, xii + 405 pp.
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