Nanocochlea damperensis differs from the other Nanocochlea species with regards to its broadly pupiform shell shape.
Nanocochlea damperensis Ponder, Clark, Eberhard & Studdert, 2005
Class Gastropoda
Infraclass Caenogastropoda
Order Littorinida
Suborder Rissoidina
Superfamily Truncatelloidea
Family: Tateidae
Genus Nanocochlea Ponder & Clark, 1993
Original name: Nanocochlea damperensis Ponder, Clark, Eberhard & Studdert, 2005. In Ponder, W. F., Clark, S. A., Eberhard, S and Studdert, J. B. (2005). A radiation of hydrobiid snails in the caves and streams at Precipitous Bluff, southwest Tasmania, Australia (Mollusca: Caenogastropoda: Rissooidea: Hydrobiidae s.l.). Zootaxa: 1074: 1-66.
Type locality: First crossing, Damper Creek, Precipitous Bluff, southern Tasmania.
Members of Nanocochlea occur in mountain lakes, seepages, streams and caves.
This species is known from creeks outside the Damper and Bauhaus Caves, Precipitous Bluff, southern Tasmania, but does probably not occur inside the caves themselves.
Ponder, W. F., Clark, S. A., Eberhard, S. & Studdert, J. B. (2005). A radiation of hydrobiid snails in the caves and streams at Precipitous Bluff, southwest Tasmania, Australia (Mollusca: Caenogastropoda: Rissooidea: Hydrobiidae s.l.). Zootaxa 1074: 1-66.
