This species differs from the other two sympatric species (T. judbarraensis and T. millerae) in its larger, thicker, more conical shell with flatter whorls, distinctly submargined suture and in the outer lip of the aperture not being reflected.
Turricochlea? solida Ponder, Nimbs & Shea, 2023
Class Gastropoda
Infraclass Caenogastropoda
Order Littorinida
Suborder Rissoidina
Superfamily Truncatelloidea
Family Tateidae
Genus Turricochlea Ponder, Nimbs & Shea, 2023.
Original name: Turricochlea? solida Ponder, Nimbs & Shea, 2023. In Ponder, W. F., Nimbs, M. J. & Shea, M. E. (2023). Hyporheic Tateidae (Gastropoda: Truncatelloidea) from the Flinders Ranges, South Australia and Judbarra (Gregory) National Park, western Northern Territory, Australia, with some taxonomic notes on the family. Molluscan Research 44: 63-83.
Type locality: Spring-fed Limestone Creek in Limestone Gorge, Judbarra/Gregory National Park, western Northern Territory.
Lives in sediments (mixed gravel, sand and mud) in Limestone Creek, Limestone Gorge, Judbarra/Gregory National Park.
Known only from Limestone Creek, Limestone Gorge, Judbarra/Gregory National Park.
This species is tentatively included in Turricochlea pending anatomical and molecular studies.
Ponder, W. F., Nimbs, M. J. & Shea, M. E. (2023) Hyporheic Tateidae (Gastropoda: Truncatelloidea) from the Flinders Ranges, South Australia and Judbarra (Gregory) National Park, western Northern Territory, Australia, with some taxonomic notes on the family. Molluscan Research 44, 63-83.
