This species and G. carinata differ from all other Australian bithyniids in their dominant spiral sculpture. Gabbia spiralis differs from G. carinata in having more numerous, relatively weaker spiral cords, a taller spire, as well as a smaller umbilicus.
Gabbia spiralis Ponder, 2003
Class Gastropoda
Infraclass Caenogastropoda
Order Littorinida
Suborder Rissoidina
Superfamily Truncatelloidea
Family Bithyniidae
Original name: Gabbia spiralis Ponder, 2003. In Ponder, W.F. (2003) Monograph of the Australian Bithyniidae (Caenogastropoda: Rissooidea). Zootaxa 230: 1-126.
Type locality: Waterhole on Eight Mile Creek on Karumba - Chillagoe Road, Queensland.
In billabongs and pools on mud, although often associated with macrophytes and algae.
Coastal plains, western base of Cape York, Gulf of Carpentaria.
Ponder, W. F. (2003). Monograph of the Australian Bithyniidae (Caenogastropoda: Rissooidea). Zootaxa 230: 1-126.
