Hypselostoma australe subsp. australe Odhner 1917

Hypselostoma australe australe Odhner, 1917 Figs 111 E, 119 Hypselostoma australis Odhner, 1917: 98, pl. 3, figs 107–109. Gyliotrachela australis — 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. Gyliotrachela catherina Solem, 1981: 91–92, figs 5, 6, 11, 17; Pokryszko 1996: 1117. Gyliotrachela ninbingia [sic] — Pokryszko 1996: 1117. Type material examined. Australia • syntype of H. australis australis; SMNH 1667. 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.