Ngalidrobia Ponder, Humphreys, Shea, Dolman & Criscione, 2022.

Classification

Ngalidrobia Ponder, Humphreys, Shea, Dolman & Criscione, 2022

Class Gastropoda

Infraclass Caenogastropoda

Order Littorinida

Suborder Rissoidina

Superfamily Truncatelloidea

Family Tateidae

Genus Ngalidrobia Ponder, Humphreys, Shea, Dolman & Criscione, 2022

Type species: Ngalidrobia varicosa Ponder, Humphreys, Shea, Dolman & Criscione, 2022

Original reference: Ponder, W. F., Humphreys, W. F., Shea, M. E., Dolman, G. & Criscione, F. (2022). Subterranean Tateidae (Gastropoda; Caenogastropoda; Truncatelloidea) from the Ngalia Basin, Northern Territory, Australia. Molluscan Research 42: 50-72.

Type locality: In groundwater sampled from wells in the Ngalia Basin, Northern Territory,

Biology and ecology

Members of this genus live in ground water and very little is known of their biology. They presumably feed on bacterial films.

Distribution

Known only from ground water in the Ngalia Basin, Northern Territory.

Further reading

Ponder, W. F., Humphreys, W. F., Shea, M. E., Dolman, G. & Criscione, F. (2022). Subterranean Tateidae (Gastropoda; Caenogastropoda; Truncatelloidea) from the Ngalia Basin, Northern Territory, Australia. Molluscan Research 42: 50-72.