Gabbia kendricki is similar in shell morphology to G. vertiginosa, but differs in usually being narrowly umbilicate.
Gabbia kendricki Ponder, 2003
Class Gastropoda
Infraclass Caenogastropoda
Order Littorinida
Suborder Rissoidina
Superfamily Truncatelloidea
Family Bithyniidae
Original name: Gabbia kendricki Ponder, 2003. In Ponder, W.F. (2003) Monograph of the Australian Bithyniidae (Caenogastropoda: Rissooidea). Zootaxa 230: 1-126.
Type locality: Murchison River Bridge, on Great Northern Highway, Western Australia.
This species is commonly found with the superficially similar Coxiella (Coxielladda) cf. gilesi (Angas 1877) in what is presumably rather saline water.
This species is known mainly from the Murchison River, north of Geraldton, Western Australia, with a few records from the vicinity of Broome.
Ponder, W. F. (2003). Monograph of the Australian Bithyniidae (Caenogastropoda: Rissooidea). Zootaxa 230: 1-126.
