Species Gabbia vertiginosa (Frauenfeld, 1862)

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• Bithynia vertiginosa Frauenfeld, G.R. von 1862. Zusammenstellung der Arten der Gattung Vivipara Lmk. in der Kaiserlichen Sammlung. Verhandlungen der Zoologisch-Botanischen Vereins in Wien 12: 1162-1170 [1152].

  Type data:

   Holotype NHMW no number, New Holland.
• Bithynia schraderi Frauenfeld, G.R. von 1862. Zusammenstellung der Arten der Gattung Vivipara Lmk. in der Kaiserlichen Sammlung. Verhandlungen der Zoologisch-Botanischen Vereins in Wien 12: 1162-1170 [1153].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) NHMW no number 2 specimens, Sydney.
• Gabbia australis Tryon, G.W. 1865. Descriptions of new species of Amnicola, Pomatiopsis, Pomatogyrus, Gabbia, Hydrobia and Rissoa. American Journal of Conchology 1: 219-222 [July 1865] [220].

  Type data:

   Lectotype ANSP 375743, New South Wales.
  Paralectotype(s) AM C110160 (1 specimen), New South Wales.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Baker, H.B. 1964. Type land snails in the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. Pt. III. Limnophile and Thalassophile Pulmonata. Pt IV. Land and fresh-water Prosobranchia. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 116: 149-193 [171].
• Bithinia hyalina Brazier, J. 1875. Description of fourteen new species of terrestrial, fluviatile and marine shells from Australia and the Solomon Islands. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 1: 1-9 [9].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) AM C110159 (4 specimens), Eastern Creek (Sydney), NSW; AM(MMUS) A69 (6 specimens), Eastern Creek (Sydney), NSW.

  Secondary source:

   Ponder, W.F. & Stanbury, P.J. 1972. Type specimens in the Macleay Museum, University of Sydney. VI. Mollusca. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 97(1): 42-55 [45].
• Gabbia australis suspecta Iredale, T. 1944. Guide to the freshwater shells of New South Wales. Pt II. Australian Naturalist 11: 113-127 [Aug. 1944] [116].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) AM C51675 (50+ specimens), Armidale, NSW; WAM 2229–69 (23 specimens), Armidale, NSW; AM C100600 (3 specimens), Armidale, NSW.

  Secondary source:

   Smith, B.J. 1992. Non-Marine Mollusca. In, Houston, W.W.K. (ed.). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Non-marine Mollusca. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service Vol. 8 xii 408 pp. [33] (as incertae sedis).

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Ponder, W.F. 2003. Monograph of the Australian Bithyniidae (Caenogastropoda: Rissooidea). Zootaxa 230: 1-126 [15]

 

Generic Combinations

• Gabbia vertiginosa (Frauenfeld, 1862). —
  Ponder, W.F. 2003. Monograph of the Australian Bithyniidae (Caenogastropoda: Rissooidea). Zootaxa 230: 1-126 [15]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, Qld: Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

Ecological Descriptors

Lentic freshwater, mud bottom-freshwater, permanent pond, swamp.

Extra Ecological Information

Farm dams, sluggish creeks.

 

General References

Ponder, W.F. 2003. Monograph of the Australian Bithyniidae (Caenogastropoda: Rissooidea). Zootaxa 230: 1-126 [15-29]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
01-Jun-2021	RISSOOIDEA	09-Feb-2012	MODIFIED	Mr Des Beechey (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM)
		12-Feb-2010	(import)