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]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland
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)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- New South Wales: Bulloo River basin, Murray-Darling basin
- Queensland: Bulloo River basin, Murray-Darling basin
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) |
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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) |