Superfamily Viviparoidea | Scientific name Notopala hanleyi Rank Species | |
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.
This species was thought to be extinct, but one population has been found in pipeline in 1993.
It feeds on microbial and organic matter.
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