Australian Biological Resources Study

Australian Faunal Directory

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

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

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Species Gastrocopta macdonnelli (Brazier, 1875)

Macdonnell's Pupasnail


Compiler and date details

June 2012 - Dr John Stanisic

 

Generic Combinations

  • Gastrocopta macdonnelli (Brazier, 1875).

 

Introduction

Gastrocopta macdonnelli is a tropical species. It can be distinguished from the somewhat similar G. stupafaciens by the combination of a strongly fused parieto-angular barrier and the strongly descending columellar lamellae.

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia


Extra Distribution Information

Disjunct distribution from Townsville to the Torres Strait islands, QLD to elsewhere across northern Australia to the Kimberley, WA. New Guinea.

Australian Endemic.


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IBRA

NT, Qld, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Kimberley (CK), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Dampierland (DL), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Northern Kimberley (NK), Pine Creek (PCK), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT)

Other Regions

Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Dry vine thickets, litter-dwelling.

Extra Ecological Information

Littoral vegetation

 

Diagnosis

Shell very small, translucent grey-white, ovately-pupiform, smooth; aperture ovate to subquadrate with six to eight barriers: a large strongly fused parieto-angular, a descending columellar lamella, prominent upper and lower palatal lamellae, and knob-like basal and infraparietal denticles, occasionally with weak supra- and inter-palatal denticles; height to 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)
24-Jul-2012 24-Jul-2012 MODIFIED
27-Jun-2012 27-Jun-2012 MODIFIED
12-Feb-2010 (import)