This species differs from G. vertiginosa in having a more inflated shell with a larger last whorl (and hence aperture), and very small to (usually) absent umbilicus. It is similar to G. campicola but differs in details of the radula.
Gabbia iredalei Cotton, 1942
Class Gastropoda
Infraclass Caenogastropoda
Order Littorinida
Suborder Rissoidina
Superfamily Truncatelloidea
Family Bithyniidae
Original name: Gabbia iredalei Cotton, 1942. In Cotton, B.C. (1942) Australian Gastropoda of the families Hydrobiidae, Assimineidae and Acmeidae. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 66: 124–129.
Type locality: Storm Creek, Oodnadatta area, South Australia.
Synonyms: Gabbia centralia Iredale, 1943.
See below.
Central Australia, in pools and waterholes in temporary creek beds. One record from a dam.
Cotton, B. C. (1942). Australian Gastropoda of the families Hydrobiidae, Assimineidae and Acmeidae. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 66: 124–131.
Ponder, W. F. (2003). Monograph of the Australian Bithyniidae (Caenogastropoda: Rissooidea). Zootaxa 230: 1-126.
