Caldicochlea

Caldicochlea is a genus of freshwater molluscs in the family, Tateidae,^[1] endemic to the mound springs of the Great Artesian Basin. ^[2]

Caldicochlea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Truncatelloidea
Family:	Tateidae
Genus:	Caldicochlea Ponder, 1997
Type species
Caldicochlea globosa (Ponder, Colgan, Terzis, Clark & Miller, 1996)
Synonyms
Dalhousia Ponder, Colgan, Terzis, S. A. Clark & A. C. Miller, 1996 (junior homonym of Dalhousia McIntosh, 1885 (Annelida)) ·

The genus name was published in 1997 by Winston Ponder^[3] to replace the preoccupied name Dalhousia given in 1996 to this genus by Ponder, Colgan, Terzis, Clark & Miller.^[4] The name derives from the Latin: caldus (warm, hot - referring to the hot spring habitat) and cochlea (snail).^[3]

Species of this genus are found at Dalhousie Springs in large warm (33-42°C) pools or warm outflows and in the shallow spring edges on rocks and wood.^[5]

There are two species of snail in this genus:^[6][1]

• Caldicochlea globosa (Ponder, Colgan, Terzis, Clark & Miller, 1996)
• Caldicochlea harrisi (Ponder, Colgan, Terzis, Clark & Miller, 1996)