Eobania vermiculata ( Müller, 1774 )

Blacket, Mark J., Shea, Michael, Semeraro, Linda & Malipatil, Mallik B., 2016, Introduced Helicidae Garden Snails in Australia: Morphological and Molecular Diagnostics, Species Distributions and Systematics, Records of the Australian Museum 68 (3), pp. 99-116 : 113-114

Eobania vermiculata ( Müller, 1774)

Objective synonym— Helix vermiculata .

Common names—Chocolate Banded Snail, Chocolate-band Snail.

Material examined. New South Wales: Sydney, Bronte, Waverley Cemetery AM C407051 ×18 (adults); Sydney, Ryde AM C089089 ×4 (juveniles); Sydney, Ryde AM C112764 ×4 (juveniles with damaged lips).

Diagnosis. Shell: medium (up to 3 cm), thick to thin, short and wide, raised spire, subglobose, 5 whorls, bodywhorl moderately flared, aperture small and compressed, umbilicus closed, shell lip thickened white and strongly reflected out in adults, rounded whorls in both adults and juveniles. Shell colour: light brown to yellow usually with continuous thick dark brown and white spiral bands and yellow flecks. Soft body: cream with a dark mantle ( Stanisic et al., 2010). Adults: identified by strongly reflected lip and a well-developed columellar plait covering the umbilicus ( Stanisic et al., 2010).

Distribution in Australia. Locally extinct, formerly present in NSW, near Sydney, and Leven River, Ulverstone Tasmania, but no longer occurs at either location.

Remarks. Validated AM specimens were used for species identification in the present study. Eobania currently contains a single species ( Schileyko, 2006), with several subspecies present in the natural range of E. vermiculata (e.g., Rada et al., 2012). The sub-specific designation of the Australian specimens is not yet determined.