Tateidae, Thiele, 1925

Zhang, - H., 2019, 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, Zootaxa 4583 (1), pp. 1-67 : 7

Family Tateidae

Remarks. The family name Hydrobiidae was used for the Australasian species that have been shown to form a distinct clade, Tateidae , which is separate from the true hydrobiids ( Ponder et al. 2008; Wilke et al. 2013).

Tateid freshwater snails have radiated extensively in parts of Australia, including Tasmania and southeastern mainland Australia (e.g., Ponder et al. 1993; Clark et al. 2003), and in the artesian springs associated with the Great Artesian Basin in South Australia ( Ponder et al. 1989, 1995, 1996; Colgan et al. 2006) and Queensland ( Ponder & Clark 1990; Perez et al. 2005). They are also known from New Zealand ( Climo 1974, 1977; Haase 2008), Papua New Guinea ( Bernasconi 1995), New Caledonia ( Starmühlner 1970; Haase & Bouchet 1998), Lord Howe Island ( Ponder 1982) and some other Pacific islands (e.g., Haase et al. 2005, 2006; Zielske & Haase 2014; Zielske et al. 2017), Sulawesi ( Ponder & Haase 2005; Haase & Bouchet 2006; Zielske et al. 2011) and South America (e.g., Pilsbry 1911; Bichuette & Trajano 2003).

Ponder & Clark (1990) used the genus Jardinella Iredale & Whitley, 1938 based on a north-east Queensland riverine species, for 12 new species of ‘hydrobiids’ from artesian springs in western Queensland. A molecular study by Perez et al. (2005) showed that these species form several distinct groups that correspond with the spring supergroups. We have expanded on that study and have interpreted these geographic groups as distinct genera, as detailed below in this section and in Molecular results.