Coxiella gilesi (Angas, 1877)
The shell is broader than other species of Coxiella, pale orange, and with convex whorls and impressed sutures. Operculum paucispiral.
Coxiella gilesi (Angas, 1877)
Class Gastropoda
Infraclass Caenogastropoda
Order Littorinida
Suborder Rissoidina
Superfamily Truncatelloidea
Family Pomatiopsidae
Subfamily: Pomatiopsinae
Genus E. A. Coxiella Smith,1894
Original name: Paludinella gilesi Angas,1877. Angas,G. F.(1877). Descriptions of a new species of Bulimus from Western Australia and of a Paludinella from Lake Eyre, South Australia. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1877: 170 - 177.
Type locality: Shores of Lake Eyre, South Australia.
Synonyms: Blandfordia stirlingi Tate, 1894; Blandfordia stirlingi mammillata Tate, 1894.
We follow Macpherson (1957), which is the latest taxonomic treatment of this group.
Inhabits salt lakes and saline pools.
Coxiella have a deep furrow on each side of the head, a suprapedal fold around the sides of the foot and movement is by steps. The snout is long and the eyes have a cluster of glands above them. Coxiella are dioecious and development is direct; females are oviparous, depositing eggs singly in capsules coated in sand or mud. Coxiella probably feed on organic detritus and they are amphibious.
South Australia (SA Gulfs; SE Coastal divisions) to Western Australia (Indian Ocean division) and south-western Queensland.
For species description see Macpherson (1957).
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