New taxa of Tateidae (Caenogastropoda, Truncatelloidea) from springs associated with the Great Artesian Basin and Einasleigh Uplands, Queensland, with the description of two related taxa from eastern coastal drainages
Author
Zhang, - H.
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Zootaxa
2019
2019-04-10
4583
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.4583.1.1
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Eulodrobia eulo
(
Ponder & Clark, 1990
)
and
Eulodrobia
cf.
eulo
.
Jardinella eulo
Ponder & Clark, 1990
: 342
, figs. 6C, 31A, B, 32, A, B, 33C, D, 34D, F.
Jardinella eulo
Perez
et al.
2005
: 547
(C.400135);
Jardinella
sp.
Commonwealth of
Australia
, 2014: 37 (=
Eulodrobia
cf.
eulo
).
Material examined.
Eu
.
eulo
.
Queensland
, Massey Spring (=Rocky Springs), Granites Springs, near Mt Francis
ca
52 km
SW of Eulo,
28° 18' 00" S
,
144° 32' 00" E
, on small-leaved plants, W.F. Ponder & P.H. Colman,
7 Sep 1984
(
holotype
, C.156778, and
paratypes
, C.156779). Additional material from same locality, C.410724, C.479953.
Eu
. cf.
eulo
‘Unnamed spring’ (=Tunga Spring) at Tunga Bore,
Queensland
,
28° 13' 00" S
,
144° 38' 00" E
,
6 Sep 1984
, W.F. Ponder & P.H. Colman, spring flows into boulder strewn creek, C.156780 (designated as
paratypes
of
Eu. eulo
). Other material from same locality
28 Aug 2000
, R. J. Fensham, artesian spring with flow enhanced by bore head, on mud and plant surfaces, C.410643 (SEM material), 20+; C.479952, 1;
2 May 2001
, W.F. Ponder & C. Lydeard, in shallow muddy habitat at head of spring, C.400135 (molecular sample).
Shell
(
Fig. 2B, C
,
3B
). Ovate, spire outline slightly convex, normally coiled, opaque. Length
1.44–2.43 mm
(mean
2.4 mm
), width
1.5–2.3 mm
(mean
1.9 mm
). Protoconch of 1.5 whorls, minutely and irregularly pitted (
Fig. 3B
). Teleoconch whorls moderately convex, evenly rounded, total number 3.5–4.3 (mean 3.6). Umbilicus moderate. Sculpture of close growth lines, often raised into weak riblets. Aperture ovate, inner lip narrow, thick, slightly separated along whole length of parietal wall, outer lip medium thickness. Periostracum moderately developed, yellow-brown to reddish or orange-brown.
FIGURE 2.
Shells of species of
Eulodrobia
n. gen.
A.
Eulodrobia fenshami
n. sp.
, holotype, spring at Town Common, Eulo (C.479950). B.
Eulodrobia eulo
(Ponder & Clark, 1990)
, paratype, Massey Spring (C.156779). C.
Eulodrobia
cf.
eulo
(Ponder & Clark, 1990)
, Tunga Spring (C.410643). D.
Eulodrobia ovata
n. sp.
, holotype, Yowah Springs, Bundoona Station (C.479944). E.
Eulodrobia bundoona
n. sp.
, holotype, Yowah Springs, Bundoona Station (C.479943). F.
Eulodrobia carinata
n. sp.
, holotype, Yowah Springs, Bundoona Station (C.479942). G–I.
Eulodrobia spirula
n. sp.
, Yowah Springs, Bundoona Station. G. dorsal view of holotype (479945). H, I. apertural view of paratypes (C.400133). Scale bars 1 mm.
FIGURE 3.
Protoconchs and protoconch microsculpture of species of
Eulodrobia
n. gen.
A.
Eulodrobia fenshami
n. sp.
, paratype, spring at Town Common, Eulo (C.410721). B.
Eulodrobia eulo
(Ponder & Clark, 1990)
, paratype, Massey Spring (C.156779). C.
Eulodrobia ovata
n. sp.
, paratype, Yowah Springs, Bundoona Stn (C.400130). D.
Eulodrobia bundoona
n. sp.
, paratype, Yowah Springs, Bundoona Stn (C.400132). E.
Eulodrobia carinata
n. sp.
, paratype, Yowah Springs, Bundoona Stn (C.400131). F.
Eulodrobia spirula
n. sp.
, paratype, Yowah Springs, Bundoona Stn (C.400133). Scale bars 100 µm (lowpowered images [left]), 10 µm (high-powered images [right]).
Operculum
(
Fig. 4C, D
). Translucent, yellow-brown, slightly concave, nucleus acentric. Inner side lacking white smear, simple except for low rounded thickening at nucleus.
Head-foot and external body.
Snout black, tentacles dark grey; dorsal and lateral parts of foot and opercular lobes pigmented, mantle roof and visceral coil black.
Mantle cavity.
Ctenidium well-developed, filaments 24–28, broadly triangular, apex towards right. Osphradium narrowly oval, towards posterior end of ctenidium, length relative to gill 0.29–0.31. Hypobranchial gland thin. Rectum with U-shaped bend, with longitudinal to oblique pellets, anus behind mantle collar. Kidney extends for about one third to one half of length into mantle cavity roof. Renal gland longitudinal. Pericardium extends for about one third to one half of length into mantle cavity roof, overlapping posterior end of ctenidium.
TABLE 1.
Shell measurements (in mm) of the type material of
Eulodrobia eulo
(Ponder & Clark, 1990)
(C.410724) and
Eulodrobia cf. eulo
from Tunga Spring (C.410643). See Materials and Methods for abbreviations.
Eu. eulo
|
SH |
SW |
AH |
AW |
BW |
TW |
Holotype |
2.55 |
2.64 |
1.55 |
1.04 |
1.75 |
3.5 |
Paratypes (20) |
Min |
1.44 |
1.53 |
0.97 |
0.86 |
1.25 |
3.6 |
Max |
2.43 |
2.32 |
1.42 |
1.34 |
1.98 |
4.25 |
Mean |
1.91 |
1.92 |
1.21 |
1.09 |
1.62 |
3.82 |
SD |
0.31 |
0.23 |
0.13 |
0.13 |
0.23 |
0.20 |
Eu
. cf.
eulo
(20)
|
Min |
2.43 |
2.45 |
1.44 |
1.44 |
2.10 |
4.10 |
Max |
3.00 |
3.01 |
1.86 |
1.73 |
2.53 |
4.40 |
Mean |
2.70 |
2.79 |
1.67 |
1.53 |
2.31 |
4.24 |
SD |
0.18 |
0.15 |
0.11 |
0.07 |
0.13 |
0.09 |
Radula
(
Fig. 5
C–E). Central teeth with cusp formula 3+1+3, basal cusps 2+2; median cusp narrow, pointed, about 3 times longer than adjacent cusps (note: worn in
Fig. 5E
). Lateral teeth with cusp formula 2–3+1+2–3, main cusp narrow, blunt or pointed, about twice as long as adjacent cusps. Inner marginal teeth with 12–16 cusps. Outer marginal teeth with 17–21 cusps.
Female reproductive system
(
Fig. 6C, F
). Ovary weakly lobed. Renal oviduct with single (
Fig. 4
) or double (
Ponder & Clark 1990, fig. 34E
) U-shaped arch. Seminal receptacle oval, duct very short. Bursa copulatrix behind albumen gland, pyriform to oval, shorter than albumen gland, bursal duct enters bursa anteroventrally, bursal duct joins coiled oviduct well behind posterior mantle cavity wall. Albumen gland partly in mantle cavity. Capsule gland with two distinct glandular zones apparent in some, medium thickness in cross section, slightly indented by rectum. Anterior vestibule small, opening terminal.
Male reproductive system
(
Figs. 7B
,
8B
). Prostate gland less than half in mantle roof, bean-shaped, medium in cross section. Posterior pallial vas deferens slightly undulating to (usually) coiled, anteriorly slightly undulating. Penis behind right eye well down neck, distal end broad, terminal papilla absent, two non-glandular lobes present.
Distribution and habitat.
Restricted to Massey Spring, Granites Spring group, a small spring on Granite Springs Station, Eulo Supergroup (
Commonwealth of
Australia
2014) (
Fig. 1
). This species was absent in a few other nearby small springs which occur in the Granites Spring group. A similar taxon occurs in Tunga Spring (see Remarks). Massey Spring and Tunga Spring are about
11 km
apart and on two different local drainage systems, although both are tributaries of the Paroo River system. These populations can be formally distinguished by referring to them as
Eulodrobia eulo
(from Massey Spring) and
Eu
. cf.
eulo
(from Tunga Spring).
Remarks.
This species was originally recorded from both Massey Spring (= Granite or Rocky Springs) and Tunga Spring (at Tunga Bore). Molecular data for both populations (see
Fig 31
) shows some differentiation suggesting that separate species-group status may eventually be necessary. Although the Tunga Spring population has not been examined anatomically, its shell, opercular and radular characters are very similar to those of specimens from Massey Spring. Also, the operculum in both populations has the same raised nipple-like thickening at the nucleus. However, a discriminant function analysis separated most specimens of the two forms, as detailed below in the Remarks under the next species.
The spring at the
type
locality (Massey Spring) is a medium-sized spring (
Commonwealth of
Australia
2014) about
52 km
SW of the village of Eulo while the other known population lives in a tiny spring next to Tunga Bore, which is located near Mt Tunga, about
45 km
WSW of Eulo, south-western
Queensland
. Other springs near both these springs have substantially decreased in flow (
Commonwealth of
Australia
2014), and none contain these snails.