Jardinella
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| Jardinella | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Truncatelloidea |
| Family: | Tateidae |
| Genus: | Jardinella Ponder & G. A. Clark, 1990 |
| Type species | |
| Petterdiana thaanumi Pilsbry, 1900 [1] | |
| Synonyms | |
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Jardinella Iredale & Whitley, 1938 (introduced without description by Iredale & Whitley; validly described by Ponder & Clark, 1990) | |
Jardinella is a genus of small freshwater snails, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Tateidae.[2]
The genus Jardinella is endemic to Queensland, Australia.[3] Jardinella species live in four spring "supergroups" in the Great Artesian Basin: Springsure, Barcaldine, Springvale and Eulo.[3] Jardinella tumorosa lives in Little Mulgrave River.[3]
