Notopala hanleyi is a species of large freshwater snail, an aquatic gastropod mollusc in the family Viviparidae. It is also classified as a subspecies Notopala sublineata hanleyi.
| Notopala hanleyi | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Architaenioglossa |
| Family: | Viviparidae |
| Genus: | Notopala |
| Species: | N. hanleyi
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| Binomial name | |
| Notopala hanleyi (Frauenfeld, 1864)[1]
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This species is endemic to Australia and is found across the Murray-Darling basin.[3]
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]
References
edit- ^ 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 Wien 14: 561-672. page 612.
- ^ Martens E. C. von (1865). "Ueber ostasiatische und neuhollandische Paludinen". Malakozoologische Blätter 12: 144-151. page 150.
- ^ a b "Subspecies Notopala sublineata hanleyi (Frauenfeld, 1864)". Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts. Retrieved December 5, 2009.
- ^ a b Sheldon F. & Walker K. F. (1993). "Pipelines as a refuge for freshwater snails". Regulated Rivers 8: 295-299. doi:10.1002/RRR.3450080308.
External links
edit- River Snail (Notopala sublineata).
- Sanger A. "RECOMMENDATION NOTOPALA SUBLINEATA – (RIVER SNAIL)". Ref. No. FR14, File No. FSC 00/10. (file changed 6 February 2008).
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