The Family Triphoridae (Mollusca) from Northern Australia; also Triphoridae from Christmas Island (Indian Ocean)

Abstract

This is the first comprehensive study of the family Triphoridae (Molluscs) from northern Australia, which comprises the Solanderian and Dampierian zoogeographical provinces and, if the Queensland east coast be accepted as a separate province, the Banksian also. In all 101 species, divided into 17 genera, are figured and described, of which 91 species and 11 genera are proposed as new. In a separate section 14 species, divided into 10 genera, from Christmas Island in the Indian Ocean are described and figured, all the species and two genera being proposed as new. The Introduction includes a review of the literature and previous work, details of the proposed classification, and a key to existing genera.