This species is distinguished from the more southern Bullastra lessoni by its taller spire and more elongate shape.
Bullastra vinosa (A. Adams & Angas, 1864)
Common name: Northern bubble pond snail
Class Gastropoda
Infraclass Heterobranchia
Megaorder Hygrophila
Order Lymnaeida
Superfamily Lymnoidea
Family Lymnaeidae
Original name: Amphipeplea vinosa A. Adams & Angas, 1864. In Adams, A. & Angas, G.F.(1864). Descriptions of new species of freshwater shells collected by Mr. F.G.Waterhouse during J.McDonald Stuart’s overland Journey from Adelaide to the north west coast of Australia. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1863: 414-418.
Type locality: Tributary of Adelaide River, 'Arnheim's Land'.
Synonyms: Amphipeplea phillipsi A. Adams & Angas, 1864; Limnaea angasi Sowerby, 1872; Limnaea deshayesii Sowerby, 1872; Amphipeplea queenslandica Clessin, 1886; Peplimnea lilmera Iredale, 1943; Peplimnea vinolenta Iredale, 1943; Peplimnea caurina Iredale, 1943.
Amongst water weeds and similar substrates in dams, ponds, billabongs, sluggish rivers and streams. Often seen with the foot uppermost floating on the surface of the water and sometimes on leaves or the bank out of the water (WFP pers. observ. - see figure). Common. Feeds on algae and detritus. Egg mass a crescent-shaped jelly strip containing many small eggs. Development direct.
Northern and central Australia.
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