Species Gastrocopta larapinta (Tate, 1896)
Larapinta Pupasnail
Compiler and date details
June 2012 - Dr John Stanisic
- Pupa larapinta Tate, R. 1896. Mollusca. pp. 181-226 in Spencer, W.B. (ed.). Report on the Work of the Horn Scientific Expedition to Central Australia. Pt 2 Zoology. London & Melbourne : Melville, Mullen & Slade. [Feb. 1896] [205, pl. 19, figs 19a, b].
Type data:
Holotype SAMA D13382, Central Australia.
Paratype(s) NMV F30062 2 specimens.Secondary source:
Pilsbry, H.A. 1917. in Tryon, G.W. & Pilsbry, H.A. Manual of Conchology. Philadelphia : Conchological Department, Academy of Natural Sciences Ser. 2 Vol. 24. [Pt 94 pp. 113–176 18 July 1917; Pt 95 pp. 177–256 9 Nov. 1917; Pt 96 pp. 257–380] [168].
Generic Combinations
- Gastrocopta larapinta (Tate, 1896). —
Pilsbry, H.A. 1917. in Tryon, G.W. & Pilsbry, H.A. Manual of Conchology. Philadelphia : Conchological Department, Academy of Natural Sciences Ser. 2 Vol. 24. [Pt 94 pp. 113–176 18 July 1917; Pt 95 pp. 177–256 9 Nov. 1917; Pt 96 pp. 257–380] [168-171, pl. 30, figs 5-7,9-11]
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 [490-491, figs 54-55]
Solem, A. 1991. Distribution and diversity patterns of Australian pupilloid land snails (Mollusca: Pulmonata: Pupillidae, s.l.). Veliger 34(3): 233-252 [249]
Pokryszko, B.M. 1996. The Gastrocoptinae of Australia (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Pupilloidea): systematics, distribution and origin. Invertebrate Taxonomy 10: 1085-1150 [1109-1110, figs 19, 22]
Whisson, C.S. & Köhler, F. 2013. Gastrocopta (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Pupillidae) in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. ZooKeys 261: 15-39 [published online Jan 24, 2013] [22, fig. 2C-E] - Australbinula larapinta (Tate, 1896). —
Iredale, T. 1937. A basic list of the land Mollusca of Australia. The Australian Zoologist 8: 287-333 [12 Mar. 1937] [302]
Iredale, T. 1937. An annotated check list of the land shells of South and Central Australia. South Australian Naturalist 18: 6-59 [30 Sept. 1937] [10]
Introduction
Gastrocopta larapinta is a relatively scarce Red Centre species with isolated records in Queensland and northwestern Australia. It is distinguished from the very similar G. mussoni by the presence of a well developed interpalatal lamella.
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
NT, Qld, WA: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Dampierland (DL), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Pilbara (PIL)
Distribution References
- Pokryszko, B.M. 1996. The Gastrocoptinae of Australia (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Pupilloidea): systematics, distribution and origin. Invertebrate Taxonomy 10: 1085-1150 [1109-1110]
- Solem, A. 1991. Distribution and diversity patterns of Australian pupilloid land snails (Mollusca: Pulmonata: Pupillidae, s.l.). Veliger 34(3): 233-252
- Whisson, C.S. & Köhler, F. 2013. Gastrocopta (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Pupillidae) in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. ZooKeys 261: 15-39 [published online Jan 24, 2013] [22-23] (Pilbara region)
Ecological Descriptors
Litter, saxicoline.
Extra Ecological Information
Under rocks.
Diagnosis
Shell very small, translucent white, ovately pupiform, smooth; aperture ovate to subquadrate with five to nine barriers: a sinuous parieto-angular, a horizontal to slightly ascending columellar; straight upper and lower palatal lamellae, a shorter interpalatal lamella; occasionally with weak basal and infraparietal denticles; height to 2.7 mm.
Diagnosis References
Pokryszko, B.M. 1996. The Gastrocoptinae of Australia (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Pupilloidea): systematics, distribution and origin. Invertebrate Taxonomy 10: 1085-1150 [1109-1110]
History of changes
Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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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) |