Species Nesopupa hackerae Stanisic, 2010

Museums

Regional Maps

• Nesopupa hackerae Stanisic, J. in Stanisic, J., Shea, M., Potter, D. & Griffiths, O. 2010. Australian Land Snails. A field guide to eastern Australian species. Mauritius : Bioculture Press Vol. 1 595 pp. [106, 567] [etymology: for Queensland Museum volunteer Penelope Hacker].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM MO16428, Westgid Creek (north branch), Bellenden Ker Range, NE Qld [17°16'S, 145°54'E].

  Type locality references:

  Stanisic, J., Shea, M., Potter, D. & Griffiths, O. 2010. Australian Land Snails. A field guide to eastern Australian species. Mauritius : Bioculture Press Vol. 1 595 pp. [567].

 

Introduction

Nesopua hackerae is distinguished from N. scotti by the smaller size, greater number of barriers and more tapered shell. N. novopommerana has a taller shell but fewer, more-developed barriers.

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from the type locality in Josephine Falls National Park, Bellenden Ker Range, NE QLD

Known only from type locality.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Qld: Wet Tropics (WT)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Tropical rainforest.

Extra Ecological Information

Collected in litter

 

Diagnosis

Shell minute, pale yellow, dextral, turbinate; shell surface granular and wrinkled with occasional weak oblique radial growth threads; aperture sub-quadrate with eight prominent denticles: a horizontal columellar, separate parietal and angular, a smaller infraparietal and four palatals consisting of large upper and lower palatals, a smaller interpalatal and a small suprapalatal located close to the lip edge; height 1.5 mm.

 

Diagnosis References

Stanisic, J., Shea, M., Potter, D. & Griffiths, O. 2010. Australian Land Snails. A field guide to eastern Australian species. Mauritius : Bioculture Press Vol. 1 595 pp. [106]

 

General References

Stanisic, J., Shea, M., Potter, D. & Griffiths, O. 2010. Australian Land Snails. A field guide to eastern Australian species. Mauritius : Bioculture Press Vol. 1 595 pp. [106]

 

Common Name References

Stanisic, J., Shea, M., Potter, D. & Griffiths, O. 2010. Australian Land Snails. A field guide to eastern Australian species. Mauritius : Bioculture Press Vol. 1 595 pp. [106] (Tiny Golden Pupasnail)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
24-Jul-2012		24-Jul-2012	MODIFIED
		12-Apr-2012	ADDED