Australian Biological Resources Study

Australian Faunal Directory

<em>Gastrocopta hedleyi</em>, apertural view. Height of shell: 2.5 mm

Gastrocopta hedleyi, apertural view. Height of shell: 2.5 mm

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Species Gastrocopta hedleyi Pilsbry, 1917

Brigalow Pupasnail


Compiler and date details

June 2012 - Dr John Stanisic

 

Generic Combinations

 

Introduction

Gastrocopta hedleyi is a basically eastern Australian species with isolated records fron the Red Centre, and the Pilbara region and Kimberley, Western Australia. It is distinguished from G. pediculus by the presence of slanted columellar lamella and from G. mussoni by the convergent rather than parallel palatal lamellae.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia


Extra Distribution Information

Disjunct and scattered distribution from the Hunter Valley, NSW to SE and Cape York Peninsula, QLD, to central Australia (Glen Helen area), and Kimberley and Pilbara region, N WA.

Australian Endemic.


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IBRA

NSW, NT, Qld, WA: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Kimberley (CK), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), New England Tablelands (NET), Pilbara (PIL), Sydney Basin (SB), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Brigalow, dry vine thickets, in rubble, litter-dwelling, saxicoline.

Extra Ecological Information

Limestone outcrops

 

Diagnosis

Shell very small, translucent grey-white, pupiform, smooth; aperture ovate to subquadrate with five to six barriers: a very large, sinuous parieto-angular, an ascending columellar and two curved and posteriorly convergent upper and lower palatal lamellae, occasionally with weak infraparietal and basal denticles; height 2.5 mm.

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
11-Feb-2014 PUPILLIDAE 23-Apr-2014 MODIFIED
24-Jul-2012 24-Jul-2012 MODIFIED
27-Jun-2012 27-Jun-2012 MODIFIED
12-Feb-2010 (import)