Species Gastrocopta stupefaciens Pokryszko, 1996

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• Gastrocopta stupefaciens Pokryszko, B.M. 1996. The Gastrocoptinae of Australia (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Pupilloidea): systematics, distribution and origin. Invertebrate Taxonomy 10: 1085-1150 [1101, figs. 15-17].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM 219505 ex FMNH, Champagny I., Champagny Is group, Bonaparte Archipelago, WA.
  Paratype(s) FMNH 219505, Champagny I.,Champagny Is group, Bonaparte Archipelago, WA.

 

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Gastrocopta recondita Tapparone-Canefri, 1883 [populations described as G. stupefaciens by Pokryszko (1996) were previously identified as the Indonesian species G. recondita by Solem (1989) [Stanisic, pers. comm.]]. —
  Solem, A. 1989. Non-camaenid land snails of the Kimberley and Northern Territory, Australia. I. Systematics, affinities and ranges. Invertebrate Taxonomy 2(4): 455-604 [496-497]
  Pokryszko, B.M. 1996. The Gastrocoptinae of Australia (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Pupilloidea): systematics, distribution and origin. Invertebrate Taxonomy 10: 1085-1150

 

Introduction

Gastrocopta stupefaciens can be distinguished from the sympatric G. macdonnelli by the combination of strongly fused parieto-angular lamellae and descending columellar barrier. This species was originally recorded as the Indonesian G. recondita (Tapparone-Canefri, 1883) by Solem (1989).

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

NT, WA: Central Kimberley (CK), Daly Basin (DAB), Dampierland (DL), Northern Kimberley (NK), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Victoria Bonaparte (VB)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Northern Territory: N coastal
  • Western Australia: N coastal

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Litter.

Extra Ecological Information

Liana patches, vine patches.

 

Diagnosis

Shell very small, translucent grey-white, ovately-pupiform, smooth; aperture ovate to subquadrate with six to seven barriers: a large parieto-angular, a large infraparietal lamella, ahorizontal or slightly descending columellar lamella, prominent upper and lower palatal lamellae which are convergent, one or two short basal nodes or lamellae and occasionally with a weak suprapalatal denticle; height to 2.1mm.

 

Diagnosis References

Pokryszko, B.M. 1996. The Gastrocoptinae of Australia (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Pupilloidea): systematics, distribution and origin. Invertebrate Taxonomy 10: 1085-1150 [1101-1104]

 

General References

Köhler, F., Kessner, V. & Whisson, C. 2012. New records of non-marine, non-camaenid gastropods (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from islands off the Kimberley coast, Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 27: 21-39 [28]

Pokryszko, B.M. 1996. The Gastrocoptinae of Australia (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Pupilloidea): systematics, distribution and origin. Invertebrate Taxonomy 10: 1085-1150 [1101-1103]

Smith, B.J. 1992. Non-Marine Mollusca. In, Houston, W.W.K. (ed.). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Non-marine Mollusca. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service Vol. 8 xii 408 pp. [290] (as Gastrocopta recondita (Tapparone-Canefri, 1883))

Solem, A. 1989. Non-camaenid land snails of the Kimberley and Northern Territory, Australia. I. Systematics, affinities and ranges. Invertebrate Taxonomy 2(4): 455-604 [496-497]

 

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