Notopala

Updated on Dec 09, 2024

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Kingdom Animalia Class Gastropoda Family Viviparidae		Phylum Mollusca Superfamily Viviparoidea Rank Genus
Similar Heterogen longispira, Campeloma, Tulotoma magnifica, Margarya, Viviparus georgianus

Notopala is a genus of large, freshwater snails with an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Viviparidae, the river snails or mystery snails.

Description

The shell is dextral and globose-conic. The shell has up to five whorls. The aperture is subovate. The operculum is corneous.

Species within the genus Notopala include:

† Notopala albascopularis (Etheridge, 1902) - synonym: Viviparus (?) albascopularis Etheridge, 1902 - from Aptian, Wallumbilla Formation, New South Wales

Notopala essiengionensis (Frauenfeld, 1862)

Notopala sublineata Conrad, 1850

Notopala sublineata sublineata Conrad, 1850

Notopala sublineata alisoni (Brazier, 1979)

Notopala sublineata hanleyi (Frauenfeld, 1864) / Notopala hanleyi

† Notopala wanjacalda Cotton, 1935 - from upper Pleistocene near Sunnyside, South Australia

Notopala waterhousii (Adams & Angus, 1864)

The type species of the genus Notopala is Paludina hanleyi von Frauenfeld, 1864.

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