Pseudamnicola samosensis, Glöer & Reuselaars, 2020

Glöer, Peter & Reuselaars, Robert, 2020, The Pseudamnicola spp. from Greece (Gastropoda: Hydrobiidae) with the description of four new species, Ecologica Montenegrina 32, pp. 19-25 : 22

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.37828/em.2020.32.3

publication LSID

urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:BE34C128-0B06-46B1-97FF-E5360CDF34BE

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13231559

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/F664AFE3-9806-45CB-985F-D3E879CAB6F2

taxon LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:act:F664AFE3-9806-45CB-985F-D3E879CAB6F2

treatment provided by

Felipe

scientific name

Pseudamnicola samosensis
status

sp. nov.

Pseudamnicola samosensis View in CoL n. sp. [ fig. 2.3 View Figure 2 ]

Material examined: Holotype ( RMNH.MOL.347621) and 20 paratypes from type locality.

Holotype: 1.95 mm high, 1.2 mm broad from type locality.

Paratypes: 2 ex. ( RMNH.MOL.347622) , 1 ex. in coll. Peter Glöer, 6 adult, 6 subadult and 5 juvenile ex. in coll. Robert Reuselaars (no. 553) from type locality.

Locus typicus: Spring in Pnaka , on the northeast of the island of Samos, Greece, 37°47.50768'' N 26°50.91700 '' E, Robert Reuselaars 07.08.2008 leg .

Habitat: Artificial basin about 1-1, 5 m 2 of the spring, the species was found on the sandy mud on the bottom of the spring and on the sides of the artificial basin amongst algae.

Etymology: Named after the island of Samos.

Description: The shell is ovate with 4-4.5 slightly convex whorls with a deep suture. The aperture is ovate, rounded at the top. The peristome is sharp and the umbilicus is closed. The body whorl takes 0.8 of shell height. The aperture is 0.8 mm high and 0.7 mm broad. The ratio of shell height to shell width is 1.4. The shell is 2.0 mm high and 1.3 mm broad.

Distribution: Greece; only known from type locality.

RMNH

National Museum of Natural History, Naturalis

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