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Notopala hanleyi (Frauenfeld, 1864)[1]
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Notopala hanleyi is a species of large freshwater snail, an aquatic gastropod mollusk 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.[3]
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]