Species Gastrocopta bannertonensis (Gabriel, 1930)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Bifidaria bannertonensis Gabriel, C.J. 1930. Catalogue of the land shells of Victoria. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria ns 43: 62-88 [11 Sept. 1930] [64, pl. 3, figs. 9-10].

  Type data:

   Holotype NMV F702, Bannerton, Victoria.
  Paratype(s) NMV F703 1 specimen; NMV F631 3 specimens; NMV F26927 30 specimens; AM C117023 2 specimens; SAMA D15592 1 specimen; FMNH 117024 3 specimens.

  Secondary source:

   Iredale, T. 1937. A basic list of the land Mollusca of Australia. The Australian Zoologist 8: 287-333 [12 Mar. 1937] [302].
• Australbinula complexa Iredale, T. 1939. A review of the land Mollusca of Western Australia. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 25: 1-88 [21 Aug. 1939] [7] [the validity of the 8 specimens (WAM 22–40) has not been confirmed; they are not mentioned by Solem, A. 1986. Pupilloid land snails from the south and mid-west coasts of Australia. Journal of the Malacological Society of Australia 7: 95–124 (100) and one is labelled "holotype"].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C64895, Nangeenan, via Merredin, WA.
  Paratype(s) WAM 22–40 8 specimens.

  Secondary source:

   Solem, A. 1986. Pupilloid land snails from the south and mid-west coasts of Australia. Journal of the Malacological Society of Australia 7: 95-124.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Pokryszko, B.M. 1996. The Gastrocoptinae of Australia (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Pupilloidea): systematics, distribution and origin. Invertebrate Taxonomy 10: 1085-1150 [1091]

 

Generic Combinations

• Gastrocopta bannertonensis (Gabriel, 1930).

 

Introduction

Gastrocopta bannertonensis is basically a southern coastal species ranging fom Victoria to Western Australia. There is one isolated record from Central Australia. It is distinguished from the sympatric G. margaretae by its slightly larger shell which has the two palatal barriers parallel.

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NT, SA, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Coolgardie (COO), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mallee (MAL), Nullarbor (NUL)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Litter.

Extra Ecological Information

Found in wood patches around temporary pools and among bushes.

 

Diagnosis

Shell tiny, translucent drab white, pupiform, smooth; aperture quadrate to subquadrate with six barriers: a prominent parieto-angular, a horizontal to slanted columellar, parallel lower and upper palatals and a basal tubercle; height to 3.2 mm.

 

Diagnosis References

Pokryszko, B.M. 1996. The Gastrocoptinae of Australia (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Pupilloidea): systematics, distribution and origin. Invertebrate Taxonomy 10: 1085-1150 [1091-1092]

 

General References

Pokryszko, B.M. 1996. The Gastrocoptinae of Australia (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Pupilloidea): systematics, distribution and origin. Invertebrate Taxonomy 10: 1085-1150 [1091-1095]

 

History of changes

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