Subspecies Notopala sublineata sublineata Conrad, 1850
- Paludina sublineata Conrad, R.A. 1850. Descriptions of new species of freshwater shells. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 5: 10-11 [Feb. 1850] [11].
Type data:
Holotype ANSP 28101, Darling River, NSW.
Paratype(s) ANSP 327157 (3 specimens), Darling River, NSW. - Paludina polita Martens, E.C. von 1865. On the Australian species of Paludina. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 3 16: 255-256 [1 Oct. 1865] [256].
Type data:
Status unknown, presumed lost, Balonne River, QLD. - Notopala gatliffi Cotton, B.C. 1935. The Australian viviparous river snails. Victorian Naturalist 52: 96-99 [Oct. 1935] [97] [unnecessary replacement name for Paludina polita Martens, 1865 as the supposed senior homonym is not Paludina polita Martens, 1865 but Vivipara polita Frauenfeld, 1862, see Smith, B.J. 1992. Non-Marine Mollusca. In, Houston, W.W.K. (ed). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service Vol. 8 pp. xii 408].
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Iredale, T. 1943. A basic list of the freshwater Mollusca of Australia. The Australian Zoologist 10(2): 188-230 [198]
Generic Combinations
- Notopala sublineata (Conrad, 1850). —
Cotton, B.C. 1935. Recent Australian Viviparidae and a fossil species. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 5: 339-344 [30 Sept. 1935] [339] (new combination)
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Darling River and its major tributaries, primarily NSW but possibly north into QLD, absent from VIC
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
NSW, Qld: Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Nandewar (NAN), Riverina (RIV)
Distribution References
Ecological Descriptors
Lotic freshwater.
General References
Carini, G. & Hughes, J.M. 2006. Subdivided population structure and phylogeography of an endangered freshwater snail, Notopala sublineata (Conrad, 1850) (Gatropoda: Viviparidae), in Western Queensland, Australia. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society of London 88: 1-16
Smith, B.J., Reid, S. & Ponder, W.F. 2004. Non-marine Mollusca – Bivalvia, Neritopsina and Caenogastropoda. https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/VIVIPARIDAE
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01-Jun-2021 | CAENOGASTROPODA | 17-Jun-2024 | MODIFIED | |
| 22-May-2017 | Notopala Cotton, 1935 | 26-Apr-2017 | MODIFIED | |
| 14-Jan-2015 | VIVIPAROIDEA | 27-Aug-2012 | MODIFIED | Dr Winston Ponder (AM) Mr Des Beechey (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM) |
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |