Notopala hanleyi

Notopala hanleyi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Architaenioglossa
Family: Viviparidae
Genus: Notopala
Species:
N. hanleyi
Binomial name
Notopala hanleyi
(Frauenfeld, 1864)
Synonyms
  • Paludina hanleyi Frauenfeld, 1864
  • Paludina (Vivipara) purpurea Martens, 1865

Notopala hanleyi is a species of large freshwater snail, an aquatic gastropod mollusc 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.

This species was thought to be extinct, but one population has been found in pipeline in 1993.

It feeds on microbial and organic matter.

References

  1. ↑ 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.
  2. 1 2 "Subspecies Notopala sublineata hanleyi (Frauenfeld, 1864)". Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts. Retrieved December 5, 2009.
  3. ↑ Martens E. C. von (1865). "Ueber ostasiatische und neuhollandische Paludinen". Malakozoologische Blätter 12: 144-151. page 150.
  4. 1 2 Sheldon F. & Walker K. F. (1993). "Pipelines as a refuge for freshwater snails". Regulated Rivers 8: 295-299. doi:10.1002/RRR.3450080308.