Species Gastrocopta hedleyi Pilsbry, 1917
Gastrocopta hedleyi, apertural view. Height of shell: 2.5 mm
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Species Gastrocopta hedleyi Pilsbry, 1917
Brigalow Pupasnail
Compiler and date details
June 2012 - Dr John Stanisic
- Gastrocopta hedleyi Pilsbry, H.A. 1917. in Tryon, G.W. & Pilsbry, H.A. Manual of Conchology. Philadelphia : Conchological Department, Academy of Natural Sciences Ser. 2 Vol. 24. [Pt 94 pp. 113–176 18 July 1917; Pt 95 pp. 177–256 9 Nov. 1917; Pt 96 pp. 257–380] [166].
Type data:
Syntype(s) AM C42020 1 specimen, Narrabri, NSW.Secondary source:
Iredale, T. 1937. A basic list of the land Mollusca of Australia. The Australian Zoologist 8: 287-333 [12 Mar. 1937] [301].
Generic Combinations
- Australbinula hedleyi (Pilsbry, 1917). —
Iredale, T. 1937. A basic list of the land Mollusca of Australia. The Australian Zoologist 8: 287-333 [12 Mar. 1937] [301]
Introduction
Gastrocopta hedleyi is a basically eastern Australian species with isolated records fron the Red Centre, and the Pilbara region and Kimberley, Western Australia. It is distinguished from G. pediculus by the presence of slanted columellar lamella and from G. mussoni by the convergent rather than parallel palatal lamellae.
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Disjunct and scattered distribution from the Hunter Valley, NSW to SE and Cape York Peninsula, QLD, to central Australia (Glen Helen area), and Kimberley and Pilbara region, N WA.
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
NSW, NT, Qld, WA: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Kimberley (CK), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), New England Tablelands (NET), Pilbara (PIL), Sydney Basin (SB), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)
Distribution References
- Murphy, M.J. & Shea, M. 2015. Survey of the land snail fauna (Gastropoda: Pulmonata) of Mount Kaputar National Park in northern inland New South Wales, Australia, including a description of the listing of Australia’s first legally recognised endangered land snail community. Molluscan Research 35(1): 51–64
- Pokryszko, B.M. 1996. The Gastrocoptinae of Australia (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Pupilloidea): systematics, distribution and origin. Invertebrate Taxonomy 10: 1085-1150
- Solem, A. 1991. Distribution and diversity patterns of Australian pupilloid land snails (Mollusca: Pulmonata: Pupillidae, s.l.). Veliger 34(3): 233-252
- 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.
- Whisson, C.S. & Köhler, F. 2013. Gastrocopta (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Pupillidae) in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. ZooKeys 261: 15-39 [published online Jan 24, 2013] [18-20, Fig. 3] (new records for Pilbara region, WA)
Ecological Descriptors
Brigalow, dry vine thickets, in rubble, litter-dwelling, saxicoline.
Extra Ecological Information
Limestone outcrops
Diagnosis
Shell very small, translucent grey-white, pupiform, smooth; aperture ovate to subquadrate with five to six barriers: a very large, sinuous parieto-angular, an ascending columellar and two curved and posteriorly convergent upper and lower palatal lamellae, occasionally with weak infraparietal and basal denticles; height 2.5 mm.
Diagnosis References
Pokryszko, B.M. 1996. The Gastrocoptinae of Australia (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Pupilloidea): systematics, distribution and origin. Invertebrate Taxonomy 10: 1085-1150 [1104-1105]
General References
Pokryszko, B.M. 1996. The Gastrocoptinae of Australia (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Pupilloidea): systematics, distribution and origin. Invertebrate Taxonomy 10: 1085-1150 [1104-1105]
Whisson, C.S. & Köhler, F. 2013. Gastrocopta (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Pupillidae) in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. ZooKeys 261: 15-39 [published online Jan 24, 2013] [18] (as Gastrocopta hedleyi Pilsbry, 1917)
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. [102] (Brigalow Pupasnail)
History of changes
| 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) |