australis, Platycara Jerdon [T. C.] 1849:333 [Madras Journal of Literature and Science v. 15 (pt 2); ref. 4902] Mountain stream in the Walliar jungle, Nilgiris, India. No types known. •Valid as Bhavania australis (Jerdon 1849) -- (Menon 1987:234 [ref. 14149], Talwar & Jhingran 1991:449 [ref. 20764], Rema Devi 1993:205 [ref. 24010], Rema Devi & Menon 1994:250 [ref. 24013], Rema Devi et al. 1996:135 [ref. 24021], Menon 1999:194 [ref. 24904], Raju Thomas et al. 2000:444 [ref. 25319], Arunachalam et al. 2001:128 [ref. 25692], Raju Thomas et al. 2002:50 [ref. 26359], Nath et al. 2007:71 [ref. 29444], Kottelat 2012:47 [ref. 32367], Bleher 2018:102 [ref. 36647], Sidhartan et al. 2021:81 [ref. 38132]). Current status: Valid as Bhavania australis (Jerdon 1849). Balitoridae. Distribution: South Asia: Western Ghats (southern India). Habitat: freshwater.