''Caldicochlea'' is a genus of freshwater molluscs in the family,
Tateidae
Tateidae is a family of very small and minute aquatic snails with an operculum, gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Truncatelloidea.Bouchet, P. (2014). Tateidae Thiele, 1925. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.ma ...
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endemic to the mound springs of the
Great Artesian Basin
The Great Artesian Basin (GAB) of Australia is the largest and deepest artesian basin in the world, extending over . Measured water temperatures range from . The basin provides the only source of fresh water through much of inland Australia. ...
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[MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Caldicochlea Ponder, 1997. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1057327 on 2022-08-13]
The genus name was published in 1997 by
Winston Ponder
Winston Frank Ponder (born 1941) is a malacologist born and educated in New Zealand who has named and described many marine and freshwater animals, especially micromolluscs.
Education and career
Ponder graduated with an MSc, PhD (1968) and ...
to replace the preoccupied name ''Dalhousia'' given in 1996 to this genus by Ponder, Colgan, Terzis, Clark & Miller.
The name derives from the Latin: ''caldus'' (warm, hot - referring to the hot spring habitat) and ''cochlea'' (snail).
Species of this genus are found at
Dalhousie Springs
Dalhousie Springs, also known as Witjira-Dalhousie Springs, is a group of over 60 natural artesian springs located in Witjira National Park on the western fringe of the Simpson Desert, 180 kilometres northeast of Oodnadatta in northern South ...
in large warm (33-42°C) pools or warm outflows and in the shallow spring edges on rocks and wood.
There are two species of snail in this genus:
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Caldicochlea globosa''
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Caldicochlea harrisi''
References
* Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent freshwater/brackish Gastropoda of the World. Last update: January 24th, 2018. OpenAccess publication.
External links
Australian Freshwater Molluscs. Revision 1A: ''Caldicochlea'' Ponder, 1997(full description)
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Tateidae
Taxa named by Winston Ponder