Biology:Caldicochlea

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Short description: Genus of freshwater molluscs

Caldicochlea
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Truncatelloidea
Family: Tateidae
Genus: Caldicochlea
Ponder, 1997
Type species
Caldicochlea globosa
(Ponder, Colgan, Terzis, Clark & Miller, 1996)
Synonyms

Dalhousia Ponder, Colgan, Terzis, S. A. Clark & A. C. Miller, 1996 (junior homonym of Dalhousia McIntosh, 1885 (Annelida)) ·

Caldicochlea is a genus of freshwater molluscs in the family, Tateidae,[1] endemic to the mound springs of the Great Artesian Basin. [2]

The genus name was published in 1997 by Winston Ponder[3] to replace the preoccupied name Dalhousia given in 1996 to this genus by Ponder, Colgan, Terzis, Clark & Miller.[4] The name derives from the Latin: caldus (warm, hot - referring to the hot spring habitat) and cochlea (snail).[3]

Species of this genus are found at Dalhousie Springs in large warm (33-42°C) pools or warm outflows and in the shallow spring edges on rocks and wood.[5]

There are two species of snail in this genus:[6][1]

References

  • Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent freshwater/brackish Gastropoda of the World. Last update: January 24th, 2018. OpenAccess publication.

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q20064660 entry