Differs from other members of the genus in having axial ribblets and a flat spire.
Ngalidrobia varicosa 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
Original name: Ngalidrobia varicosa Ponder, Humphreys, Shea, Dolman & Criscione, 2022. In 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 Blom Bore, Newhaven Station, Ngalia Basin, Northern Territory.
Members of this genus live in ground water and very little is known of their biology. They presumably feed on bacterial films.
Known only from the type locality and some other nearby sites.
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.
