This is one of three riverine species found in northeast Australia that have similar shell morphology. This one differs from J. thaanumi in having a swollen bursal duct and consistently open umbilicus, and from J. tullyensis in having rounded shoulders.
Jardinella tumorosa Ponder, 1991
Class Gastropoda
Infraclass Caenogastropoda
Order Littorinida
Suborder Rissoidina
Superfamily Truncatelloidea
Genus Jardinella Iredale & Whitley,1938
Original name: Jardinella tumorosa 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: Mulgrave River at Mulgrave River Forestry Road, Queensland.
Found in shaded, clear flowing creeks and the main river; rock and gravel beds.
Found in the Mulgrave River and Fishery Creek drainages of north-eastern Queensland.
Perez, K. E., Ponder, W. F., Colgan, D. J., Clark, S. A. & Lydeard, C. (2005). Molecular phylogeny and biogeography of Spring-associated hydrobiid snails of the Great Artesian Basin, Australia. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 34: 545-556.
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.
