This species is found in western parts of northern NSW and in western Queensland. It is characterised by the shell being moderately large, rather thin-shelled with a straight-sided spire and in having a mottled (black and white) roof to the mantle cavity. The umbilicus is closed or very narrow. It is similar to B. iredalei but differs in details of the radula.
Gabbia campicola Ponder, 2003
Class Gastropoda
Infraclass Caenogastropoda
Order Littorinida
Suborder Rissoidina
Superfamily Truncatelloidea
Family Bithyniidae
Original name: Gabbia campicola Ponder, 2003. In Ponder, W.F. (2003) Monograph of the Australian Bithyniidae (Caenogastropoda: Rissooidea). Zootaxa 230: 1-126.
Type locality: 5.5 km south of turnoff to Thornwood HS, northeast of Nyngan, northwest of Warren on road to Carinda, New South Wales.
Found in temporary swamps, pools and similar habitats on mud or clay. Capable of aestivating (see photo).
North-western New South Wales and western Queensland south of 19º. A few lots from coastal Queensland in the vicinity of Mackay are also (somewhat tentatively) assigned to this species.
Ponder, W. F. (2003). Monograph of the Australian Bithyniidae (Caenogastropoda: Rissooidea). Zootaxa 230: 1-126.
