Notopala hanleyi

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Notopala hanleyi
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clade Caenogastropoda
informal group Architaenioglossa
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N. hanleyi
Binomial name
Notopala hanleyi
(Frauenfeld, 1864) [1]
Synonyms [2]
  • Paludina hanleyi Frauenfeld, 1864
  • Paludina (Vivipara) purpurea Martens, 1865 [3]

Notopala hanleyi is a species of large freshwater snail, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Viviparidae. It is also classified as a subspecies Notopala sublineata hanleyi.

This species is endemic to Australia and is found across the Murray-Darling basin. [2]

This species was thought to be extinct, but one population has been found in pipeline in 1993. [4]

It feeds on microbial and organic matter. [4]

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References

  1. Frauenfeld G. R. von (1864). "Verzeichniss der Namen der fossilen und lebenden Arten der Gattung Paludina Lam. nebst. jenen der nachststehenden und einrechung derselben in der verschieden neneren Gattungen". Verhandlungen der Zoologisch-Botanischen Vereins in Wien14: 561-672. page 612.
  2. 1 2 "Subspecies Notopala sublineata hanleyi (Frauenfeld, 1864)". Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts. Retrieved December 5, 2009.
  3. Martens E. C. von (1865). "Ueber ostasiatische und neuhollandische Paludinen". Malakozoologische Blätter12: 144-151. page 150.
  4. 1 2 Sheldon F. & Walker K. F. (1993). "Pipelines as a refuge for freshwater snails". Regulated Rivers 8: 295-299. doi : 10.1002/RRR.3450080308.