- Notopala hanleyi
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Notopala hanleyi Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda (unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
informal group Architaenioglossa
Superfamily: Viviparoidea Family: Viviparidae Genus: Notopala Species: N. hanleyi Binomial name Notopala hanleyi
(Frauenfeld, 1864)[1]Synonyms[3] - Paludina hanleyi Frauenfeld, 1864
- Paludina (Vivipara) purpurea Martens, 1865[2]
Notopala hanleyi is a species of large freshwater snail, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Viviparidae. It is also classified as a subspecies Notopala sublineata hanleyi.
This species is endemic to Australia and is found across the Murray-Darling basin.[3]
This species was thought to be extinct, but one population has been found in pipeline in 1993.[4]
It feeds on microbial and organic matter.[4]
References
- ^ Frauenfeld G. R. von (1864). "Verzeichniss der Namen der fossilen und lebenden Arten der Gattung Paludina Lam. nebst. jenen der nachststehenden und einrechung derselben in der verschieden neneren Gattungen". Verhandlungen der Zoologisch-Botanischen Vereins in Wien 14: 561-672. page 612.
- ^ Martens E. C. von (1865). "Ueber ostasiatische und neuhollandische Paludinen". Malakozoologische Blätter 12: 144-151. page 150.
- ^ a b "Subspecies Notopala sublineata hanleyi (Frauenfeld, 1864)". Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts. http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/abrs/online-resources/fauna/afd/taxa/Notopala_sublineata_hanleyi. Retrieved December 5, 2009.
- ^ a b Sheldon F. & Walker K. F. (1993). "Pipelines as a refuge for freshwater snails". Regulated Rivers 8: 295-299. doi:10.1002/RRR.3450080308.
External links
- River Snail (Notopala sublineata).
- Sanger A. "RECOMMENDATION NOTOPALA SUBLINEATA – (RIVER SNAIL)". Ref. No. FR14, File No. FSC 00/10. (file changed 6 February 2008).
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