Notopala hanleyi
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| Notopala hanleyi | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Architaenioglossa |
| Family: | Viviparidae |
| Genus: | Notopala |
| Species: | N. hanleyi |
| Binomial name | |
| Notopala hanleyi (Frauenfeld, 1864)[1] | |
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Notopala hanleyi is a species of large freshwater snail, an aquatic gastropod mollusc in the family Viviparidae. It is also classified as a subspecies Notopala sublineata hanleyi.
This species is endemic to Australia and is found across the Murray-Darling basin.[2]
This species was thought to be extinct, but one population has been found in pipeline in 1993.[4]
It feeds on microbial and organic matter.[4]
