''Jardinella'' is a
genus
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of small
freshwater snail
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s,
aquatic
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gastropod
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This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...
mollusk
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s 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 ...
.
[WoRMS (2014). Jardinella. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=818329 on 2014-11-16]
Distribution
The genus ''Jardinella'' is endemic to
Queensland
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,
Australia
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.
''Jardinella'' species live in four spring "supergroups" in 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. ...
:
Springsure
Springsure is a rural town and Suburbs and localities (Australia), locality in the Central Highlands Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Springsure had a population of 950 people.
Geography
Springsure is situated by road ...
,
Barcaldine,
Springvale and
Eulo
Eulo ( ) is an outback town and locality in the Shire of Paroo, Queensland, Australia. It is known for its opal mining. In the , the locality of Eulo had a population of 94 people.
Geography
Eulo is west of Cunnamulla and west of Brisban ...
.
''
Jardinella tumorosa'' lives in
Little Mulgrave River.
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.
Species
Species within the genus ''Jardinella'' include:
*''
Jardinella thaanumi''
(Pilsbry
Henry Augustus Pilsbry (7 December 1862 – 26 October 1957) was an American biologist, malacologist and carcinologist, among other areas of study. He was a dominant presence in many fields of invertebrate taxonomy for the better part of a cent ...
, 1900)
*''
Jardinella tullyensis''
Ponder, 1991
*''
Jardinella tumorosa''
Ponder, 1991
;Species brought into synonymy:
*''Jardinella acuminata''
Ponder & Clark, 1990: synonym of ''
Edgbastonia acuminata''
(Ponder & G. A. Clark, 1990)
*''Jardinella carnarvonensis''
Ponder & Clark, 1990: synonym of ''
Carnarvoncochlea carnarvonensis''
(Ponder & Clark, 1990) (basionym)
*''Jardinella colmani''
Ponder & Clark, 1990: synonym of ''
Edgbastonia colmani''
(Ponder & G. A. Clark, 1990)
*''Jardinella coreena''
Ponder & Clark, 1990: synonym of ''
Edgbastonia coreena''
(Ponder & G. A. Clark, 1990) (basionym)
*''Jardinella corrugata''
Ponder & Clark, 1990: synonym of ''
Edgbastonia corrugata''
(Ponder & G. A. Clark, 1990) (basionym)
*''Jardinella edgbastonensis''
Ponder & Clark, 1990: synonym of ''
Edgbastonia edgbastonensis''
(Ponder & G. A. Clark, 1990) (basionym)
*''Jardinella eulo''
Ponder & Clark, 1990: synonym of ''
Eulodrobia eulo''
(Ponder & G. A. Clarke, 1990) (basionym)
*''Jardinella exigua''
Ponder & Clark, 1990: synonym of ''
Carnarvoncochlea exigua''
(Ponder & Clark, 1990) (basionym)
*''Jardinella isolata''
Ponder & Clark, 1990: synonym of ''
Springvalia isolata''
(Ponder & G. A. Clark, 1990) (basionym)
*''Jardinella jesswiseae''
Ponder & Clark, 1990: synonym of ''
Edgbastonia jesswisseae''
(Ponder & G. A. Clark, 1990) (basionym)
*''Jardinella pallida''
Ponder & Clark, 1990: synonym of ''
Edgbastonia pallida''
(Ponder & G. A. Clark, 1990) (basionym)
*''Jardinella zeidlerorum''
Ponder & Clark, 1990: synonym of ''
Edgbastonia zeidlerorum''
(Ponder & G. A. Clark, 1990) (basionym)
References
* Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent freshwater/brackish Gastropoda of the World. Last update: 24 January 2018
External links
Ponder, W. F.; Clark, G. A. (1990). A radiation of hydrobiid snails in threatened artesian springs in western Queensland. Records of the Australian Museum. 42(3): 301-363Ponder, W. F. (1991). The eastern seaboard species of Jardinella (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Hydrobiidae), Queensland rainforest-inhabiting freshwater snails derived from the west. Records of the Australian Museum. 43(3): 275-289Ponder W., Zhang W.-H. [Wei-Hong Hallan A. & Shea M. (2019). New taxa of Tateidae (Caenogastropoda, Truncatelloidea) from springs associated with the Great Artesian Basin and Einasleigh Uplands, Queensland, with the description of two related taxa from eastern coastal drainages. Zootaxa. 4583(1): 1-67]
Jardinella,
Tateidae
Freshwater molluscs of Oceania
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