Caldicochlea harrisi

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Caldicochlea harrisi
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Truncatelloidea
Family: Tateidae
Genus: Caldicochlea
Species:
C. harrisi
Binomial name
Caldicochlea harrisi
(Ponder, Colgan, Terzis, Clark & Miller, 1996)
Synonyms

Dalhousia harrisiPonder, Colgan, Terzis, S. A. Clark & A. C. Miller, 1996 · unaccepted (original combination)

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Caldicochlea harrisi is a species of freshwater mollusc in the family Tateidae. [2] [3]

The species was first described in 1996 as Dalhousia harrisi by Winston Ponder, Donald Colgan, T. Terzis, Stephanie Clark and Alison Miller. [2] [4] However, the genus name of Dalhousia had already been used, and thus in 1997, Ponder published the replacement genus name of Caldicochlea . [5]

Description

The snails are tiny (adults from 2.3 to 3.8mm) and vary highly in shell shape, making them hard to distinguish on shell morphology from C. globosa , but C. harrisi is usually smaller and more conical. [6]

Distribution

It is endemic to the Dalhousie Springs of the Great Artesian Basin. [6]

Habitat

These snails are found in a range of habitats: small cold seeps (20°C), large warm to hot pools (to 43°C), and on the edges of large pools where they are not reachable by catfish (known to eat tateid snails). [6]

References

  1. ↑ Clark, S. (2011). "Caldicochlea harrisi. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2011: e.T188924A8663253". doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T188924A8663253.en . Retrieved 4 August 2022.{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  2. 1 2 "Australian Faunal Directory: Caldicochlea harrisi". biodiversity.org.au. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
  3. ↑ MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Caldicochlea harrisi (Ponder, Colgan, Terzis, S. A. Clark & A. C. Miller, 1996). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1296983 on 2022-08-06
  4. ↑ W. F. Ponder; D. J. Colgan; T. Terzis; S. A. Clark; A. C. Miller (January 1996). "Three new morphologically and genetically determined species of hydrobiid gastropods from Dalhousie Springs, northern South Australia, with the description of a new genus". Molluscan Research . 17 (1): 49-109 [59]. doi:10.1080/13235818.1996.10673675. ISSN   1323-5818. Wikidata   Q99975730.
  5. ↑ W. F. Ponder (January 1997). "Nomenclatural Rectifications in Australian Hydrobiidae". Molluscan Research . 18 (1): 67–68. doi:10.1080/13235818.1997.10673682. ISSN   1323-5818. Wikidata   Q99975728.
  6. 1 2 3 Ponder, W. F.; Hallan, A.; Shea, M. E.; Clark, S. A.; Richards, K.; Klunzinger, M. W.; Kessner, V. (2022), Australian Freshwater Molluscs. Revision 1A: Caldicochlea harrisi (Ponder, Colgan, Terzis, Clark & Miller, 1996), Australian Museum, Wikidata   Q113399533
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