This species is similar to G. kessneri. However, G. beecheyi is usually smaller, and typically paler, than the former. Furthermore, the species are not sympatric.
Gabbia beecheyi Ponder, 2003
Class Gastropoda
Infraclass Caenogastropoda
Order Littorinida
Suborder Rissoidina
Superfamily Truncatelloidea
Family Bithyniidae
Original name: Gabbia beecheyi Ponder, 2003. In Ponder, W.F. (2003) Monograph of the Australian Bithyniidae (Caenogastropoda: Rissooidea). Zootaxa 230: 1-126.
Type locality: North of Ballys Lagoon, Devils Gate Station, Gulf of Carpentaria, Queensland.
This species occurs in billabongs and other large semi-permanent pools, living mainly on submerged macrophytes.
Coastal plains of the Gulf of Carpentaria into the western base of Cape York.
Ponder, W. F. (2003). Monograph of the Australian Bithyniidae (Caenogastropoda: Rissooidea). Zootaxa 230: 1-126.
