The shell of this species is distinctive with its short to moderate spire, yellowish to reddish or orange brown colour, and weak to moderate, narrow axial ribs with very fine spiral striae. The populations attributed to this species encompass considerable variation in shell size and shape (relative length of spire), and in the degree of umbilication.
Gabbia adusta Ponder, 2003
Class Gastropoda
Infraclass Caenogastropoda
Order Littorinida
Suborder Rissoidina
Superfamily Truncatelloidea
Family Bithyniidae
Original name: Gabbia adusta Ponder, 2003. In Ponder, W.F. (2003) Monograph of the Australian Bithyniidae (Caenogastropoda: Rissooidea). Zootaxa 230: 1-126.
Type locality: Billabong beside Roper River, Northern Territory.
This species lives in billabongs and pools, living mainly on mud, although commonly also obtained in samples along containing algae and macrophytes.
Western base of Cape York, across the Gulf of Carpentaria, and into Arnhem Land.
Ponder, W. F. (2003). Monograph of the Australian Bithyniidae (Caenogastropoda: Rissooidea). Zootaxa 230: 1-126.
