Hypselostoma australe australe Odhner, 1917

Hypselostoma australe australe Odhner, 1917

Figs 111 E View Figure 111 , 119 View Figure 119

Hypselostoma australis Odhner, 1917: 98, pl. 3, figs 107–109. View in CoL

Gyliotrachela australis View in CoL — Iredale 1937: 305; van Benthem Jutting 1950: 44; Pokryszko 1996: 1117, figs 31, 33, 34.

Gyliotrachela ningbingia Solem, 1981: 91, figs 3, 4, 10, 14–16, 18, 19. View in CoL

Gyliotrachela catherina Solem, 1981: 91–92, figs 5, 6, 11, 17; Pokryszko 1996: 1117. View in CoL

Gyliotrachela ninbingia [sic] — Pokryszko 1996: 1117.

Type material examined.

Australia • syntype of H. australis australis ; SMNH 1667 View Materials .

Type locality.

“ caves at Chillagoe ” (North Queensland, Australia).

Differential diagnosis.

This species is similar in shape to several Southeast Asian representatives, but it can be separated clearly by its different shell surface sculpture which consists of equally strong, rib-like radial growth lines and spiral striae. See also under H. australe napierana .

Distribution.

This species in known from several localities in N Australia as well as under several synonyms ( Iredale 1937; Solem 1981).

Remarks.

Pokryszko (1996) synonymised G. catherina and G. ningbingia with H. australe , mentioning that the former two show only biometrical differences from H. australe which does not justify their distinctness.