Australian Biological Resources Study

Australian Faunal Directory

<em>Gastrocopta mussoni</em>, apertural view. Height of shell: 2.7 mm

Gastrocopta mussoni, apertural view. Height of shell: 2.7 mm

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Species Gastrocopta mussoni Pilsbry, 1917

Musson's Pupasnail


Compiler and date details

June 2012 - Dr John Stanisic

 

Generic Combinations

 

Introduction

Gastrocopta mussoni is a relatively rare but widespread species distinguished from G. hedleyi by the parallel rather than convergent palatal barriers and from G. larapinta by the lack of a prominent interpalatal lamella.

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia


Extra Distribution Information

Flinders Ranges, SA to the Red Centre; Northern Territory to the Kimberley and south to the Carnarvon area, WA. Elsewhere isolated records in eastern QLD.

Australian Endemic.


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IBRA

NT, Qld, SA, WA: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Dampierland (DL), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pilbara (PIL), Victoria Bonaparte (VB)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Dry vine thickets, litter-dwelling.

 

Diagnosis

Shell tiny, translucent white, ovately pupiform, smooth; aperture ovate to subquadrate with four to seven barriers: a sinuous parieto-angular, an ascending columellar lamella, parallel upper and lower palatal lamellae, occasionally with weak basal, infraparietal and interpalatal denticles; height to 2.7 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)