This species is distinguished from other congeners by its short, slightly convex spire and evenly convex whorls.
Pseudotricula eberhardi Ponder, 1992
Class Gastropoda
Infraclass Caenogastropoda
Order Littorinida
Suborder Rissoidina
Superfamily Truncatelloidea
Family Tateidae
Genus Pseudotricula Ponder, 1992
Original name: Pseudotricula eberhardi Ponder, 1992. In Ponder, W.F. (1992). A new genus and species of aquatic cave-living snail from Tasmania (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Hydrobiidae). Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 126: 23–28.
Type locality: Black Curtain Streamway, Cueva Blanca, Precipitous Bluff caves, Tasmania.
Pseudotricula eberhardi has only been found in very strongly flowing water in Cueva Blanca cave.
Found only on smooth rock surfaces in fast-flowing falls and streams in Cueva Blanca, Precipitous Bluff caves, southern Tasmania. One of six species known from the caves at Precipitous Bluff.
Ponder, W. F. (1992). A new genus and species of aquatic cave-living snail from Tasmania (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Hydrobiidae). Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 126: 23-28.
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.
