Caldicochlea globosa is a species of freshwater mollusc in the family, Tateidae, [2] [3] endemic to the Dalhousie Springs of the Great Artesian Basin.[4] The species was first described in 1996 as Dalhousia globosa by Winston Ponder, Donald Colgan, T. Terzis, Stephanie Clark and Alison Miller.[3][5] However, the genus name of Dalhousia had already been used, and thus in 1997, Ponder published the replacement genus name of Caldicochlea.[6]
| Caldicochlea globosa | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Truncatelloidea |
| Family: | Tateidae |
| Genus: | Caldicochlea |
| Species: | C. globosa
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| Binomial name | |
| Caldicochlea globosa (Ponder, Colgan, Terzis, Clark & Miller, 1996)
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The snails are tiny (adults from 3-4.6mm) and vary highly in shell shape, making them hard to distinguish on shell morphology from C. harrisi, but C. globosa is usually bigger and more globe shaped.[4]
These snails are found in large warm pools or warm outflows at temperatures from 33-42°C.[4]
References edit
- ^ Clark, S. (2011). "Caldicochlea globosa. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2011: e.T189271A8709833". Retrieved 3 August 2022.
- ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Caldicochlea globosa (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=1296982 on 2022-08-13
- ^ a b "Australian Faunal Directory: Caldicochlea globosa". biodiversity.org.au. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
- ^ a b c 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 globosa (Ponder, Colgan, Terzis, Clark & Miller, 1996), Australian Museum, Wikidata Q113399533
- ^ 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. doi:10.1080/13235818.1996.10673675. ISSN 1323-5818. Wikidata Q99975730.
- ^ 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.