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Genus of freshwater molluscs From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Caldicochlea is a genus of freshwater molluscs in the family, Tateidae,[1] endemic to the mound springs of the Great Artesian Basin. [2]
Caldicochlea | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
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)) · |
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]
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