Liparus spenceri Tate, 1894

Breure, Abraham S. H. & Whisson, Corey S., 2012, Annotated type catalogue of Bothriembryon (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Orthalicoidea) in Australian museums, with a compilation of types in other museums, ZooKeys 194, pp. 41-80 : 53

Liparus spenceri Tate, 1894 Fig. 7K

Liparus spenceri Tate 1894: 192; Tate 1896: 202, pl. 17 fig. 3; B.J. Smith 1992: 107.

Type locality.

[Northern Territory, near Alice Springs] "Glen of Palms by the junction with Palm Creek" ( Tate 1896: 202).

Label.

"Glen of Palms C.A.".

Dimensions.

"Length, 20; width 12.5 (...) mm"; holotype H 20.0, D 13.36, W 4.5.

Type material.

SAMA D3171, holotype; SAMA D11333, 12 paratypes; SAMA D15578, four paratypes.

Remarks.

This material was collected during the Horn Scientific Expedition to Central Australia in 1894. Further type material is present in the Natural History Museum in London ( Breure and Ablett 2012).

Current systematic position.

Bothriembryontidae, Bothriembryon spenceri (Tate, 1894).

Figures

Figure 7. A-E Bothriembryon barretti Iredale, 1939 A Syntype, AM C 56628 (H = 28.1) B Syntype of B. indictus Iredale, 1939, AM C 100730 (H = 28.8) C Syntype of B. distinctus Iredale, 1939, AM C 100727 (H = 26.3) D Syntype of Bulimus industus pallidus Tate, 1879, AM C 477 (H = 31.0) E Holotype of B. multispirus Macpherson, 1951, MV F 5716 (H = 24.2) F B. irvineanus Iredale, 1939, syntype, AM C 100773 (H = 24.2) G B. naturalistarum Kobelt, 1901, syntype, SMF 25891 / 1 a (H = 17.0) Photo: E. Neubert H B. leeuwinensis (E. A. Smith, 1894), syntype of B. leeuwinensis eventus Iredale, 1939, AM C 100771 (H = 22.0) I B. perditus Iredale, 1939, syntype, AM C 100720 (H = 23.2) J B. whitleyi Iredale, 1939, syntype, AM C 100729 (H = 14.4) K B. spenceri (Tate, 1894), holotype, SAM D 3171 (H = 20.0) L B. tasmanicus (Pfeiffer, 1853), holotype of B. gunni brachysoma Pilsbry, 1900, ANSP 8461 (H = 20.4) Photo: A. Lawless.