Gastrocopta (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Pupillidae) in the Pilbara region of Western Australia
Author
Whisson, Corey S.
Author
Koehler, Frank
text
ZooKeys
2013
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.261.4269
journal article
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.261.4269
1313-2970-261-15
6.
Gastrocopta servilis (Gould, 1843)
Fig. 2G
Pupa servilis
Gould 1843
: 356, pl. 6, fig. 14.
Pupa microsoma
Tapparone-Canefri 1883
: 107-8, pl. 2, figs 1-2.
Pupa lyonsiana
Ancey 1892
: Fr. 5,713.
Gastrocopta lyonsiana
Pilsbry 1917
: 141-144, pl. 24, figs 1-4;
van Benthem Jutting
1952: 355, fig. 34.
Gastrocopta microsoma
(Tapparone-Canefri),
Pilsbry 1917
: 152, pl. 24, fig. 9;
van Benthem Jutting 1964
: 4-5
Gastrocopta servilis
Solem 1989
: 483-4, figs 38-41,
1991
: 249;
Shea 2006
: 7, fig. 4;
Stanisic et al. 2010
: 104, fig. 123.
Type locality.
near Matanzas, Cuba.
Material
studied.
Karratha area:
20.7385°S
,
116.8357°E
(WAM S9932, WAM S60237).
Distribution.
This species has previously been recorded from just north of Broome (Quondong Point) across northern Australia to mid-eastern Queensland and offshore islands (
Solem 1989
,
Shea 2006
). In addition, it is now recorded from a single locality within the Karratha town site (Figure 4).
Comparative morphology.
The shells of
Gastrocopta servilis
are easily distinguished from other Pilbara
Gastrocopta
by their (1) strongly rounded whorls (2) short, straight columellar tooth which is perpendicular to the mid-columellar wall (3) very long angular tooth which is fused with the parietoangular tooth (4) weak to absent basal tooth and (5) weak to absent upper palatal tooth.
Remarks.
Gastrocopta servilis
has been a recent introduction to the residential gardens of Karratha.