Coxiella E.A.Smith, 1894

Dataset
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GENUS

Classification

kingdom
Animalia: phylum
Mollusca: class
Gastropoda: order
Littorinimorpha: family
Pomatiopsidae: genus
Coxiella

Abstract

Coxiella is a genus of aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Pomatiopsidae. These snails that live in saline lakes, and have gills and an operculum.

Distribution

The distribution of genus Coxiella includes TasmaniaDavis G. M. (1979). "The origin and evolution of the gastropod family Pomatiopsidae, with emphasis on the Mekong river Triculinae". Academy of natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Monograph 20: 1-120. . at Google Books. and Australia: southern Australia, central Australia and northern Queensland.

Ecology

This genus consists of halophilic species which occur in temporal and permanent saline lakes.Williams W. D. & Mellor M. W. (1991). "Ecology of Coxiella (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Prosobranchia), a snail endemic to Australian salt lakes". Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 84(1-4): 339-355. .Kameda Y. & Kato M. (2011). "Terrestrial invasion of pomatiopsid gastropods in the heavy-snow region of the Japanese Archipelago". BMC Evolutionary Biology 11: 118. . Coxiella snails are iteroparous. When the saline lake dries out, adults of Coxiella are able to survive.

Species

Davis (1979) recognized 10 species (9 in Australia) and one subrecent species Coxiella badgerensis in Tasmania. Species within the genus Coxiella include: subgenus Coxiella

† Coxiella badgerensis (Johnston, 1879) - subrecent Coxiella exposita Iredale, 1943 Coxiella glabra MacPherson, 1957 Coxiella glauertii MacPherson, 1954 Coxiella minima MacPherson, 1954 Coxiella molesta Iredale, 1943 Coxiella pyrrhostoma (Cox, 1868) Coxiella striata (Reeve, 1842) Coxiella striatula (Menke, 1843) - type species

subgenus Coxielladda Iredale & Whitley, 1938Iredale T. & Whitley (1938). S. Aust. Nat. 18(4): 66.

Coxiella gilesi (Angas, 1877)

Name

Homonyms: Coxiella E.A.Smith, 1894; Coxiella (Philip, 1943) Philip, 1948