This species is very distinctive amongst the Australian fauna with its trochiform shell with an open umbilicus and strong spiral ridges.
Gabbia carinata Ponder, 2003
Class Gastropoda
Infraclass Caenogastropoda
Order Littorinida
Suborder Rissoidina
Superfamily Truncatelloidea
Family Bithyniidae
Original name: Gabbia carinata Ponder, 2003. In Ponder, W.F. (2003) Monograph of the Australian Bithyniidae (Caenogastropoda: Rissooidea). Zootaxa 230: 1-126.
Type locality: Two mudholes, by Walker Creek, Queensland.
In billabongs and pools on mud, although often associated with macrophytes and algae.
Coastal plains of the Gulf of Carpentaria and the eastern base of Cape York.
Ponder, W. F. (2003). Monograph of the Australian Bithyniidae (Caenogastropoda: Rissooidea). Zootaxa 230: 1-126.
