This is one of three riverine species found in NE Australia that have similar shell morphology. This one differs from both J. tumorosa and J. thaanumi in having angled shoulders.
Jardinella tullyensis Ponder, 1991
Class Gastropoda
Infraclass Caenogastropoda
Order Littorinida
Suborder Rissoidina
Superfamily Truncatelloidea
Family Tateidae
Genus Jardinella Iredale & Whitley,1938
Original name: Jardinella tullyensis Ponder, 1991. In Ponder, 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: 275-289.
Type locality: Boulder Creek, north of Tully, tributary of Bluegum Creek, tributary of Banyan Creek, tributary of Tully River, Queensland.
This species occurs under stones and leaves in shaded, clear flowing creeks and the main river.
Tully River and tributaries, northeast Queensland.
Ponder, 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: 275-289.
