Edgbastonia (Barcaldiniapagoda Ponder, Zhang, Hallan & Shea, 2019

Diagnostic features

This species is similar in shell size and shape to E. (B.) acuminata and E. (B.) zeidlerorum but differs from these in having a pagodiform shell.

Classification

Edgbastonia (Barcaldiniapagoda Ponder, Zhang, Hallan & Shea, 2019

Class Gastropoda

Infraclass Caenogastropoda

Order Littorinida

Suborder Rissoidina

Superfamily Truncatelloidea

Family Tateidae

Genus Edgbastonia Ponder in Ponder, Wilke, Zhang, Golding, Fukuda, & Mason 2008 (Type species: Edgbastonia alanwillsi Ponder in Ponder et al., 2008).

Subgenus Barcaldinia Ponder, Zhang, Hallan & Shea, 2019 (Type species Jardinella edgbastonensis Ponder & Clark, 1990)

Original name Edgbastonia (Barcaldiniapagoda Ponder, Zhang, Hallan & Shea, 2019. In Ponder, W. F., Zhang, W. -H., Hallan, A., & Shea, M. E. (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.

Type locality:  small spring on Myross Station,  northeast of Aramac, Queensland.

Biology and ecology

The spring in which this species and the next were found is a small pool on flat ground and is not fenced or otherwise protected. While a detailed survey of this property has not been conducted, sampling so far has failed to find either this species or the next in other locations.

Distribution

Known from one spring on Myross Station, near Aramac, Queensland (Barcaldine Supergroup).

Further reading

Fensham, R., Ponder, W. & Fairfax , R. (2010). Recovery plan for the community of native species dependent on natural discharge of groundwater from the Great Artesian Basin. Report to Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts, Canberra. Queensland Department of Environment and Resource Management, Brisbane. https://www.environment.gov.au/system/files/resources/0cefc83a-3854-4cff-9128-abc719d9f9b3/files/great-artesian-basin-ec.pdf

Ponder, W. F., Zhang, W. -H., Hallan, A., & Shea, M. E. (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.