Bythinella kithiraensis, Glöer & Hirschfelder, 2020
publication ID |
https://doi.org/ 10.37828/em.2020.30.5 |
publication LSID |
urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:2062AA44-F3E4-4813-90FB-BB88271CC666 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13231417 |
persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/E96E56B2-68DA-4830-935D-E46781D79FB7 |
taxon LSID |
lsid:zoobank.org:act:E96E56B2-68DA-4830-935D-E46781D79FB7 |
treatment provided by |
Felipe |
scientific name |
Bythinella kithiraensis |
status |
sp. nov. |
Bythinella kithiraensis View in CoL n. sp. [ fig. 2.8 View Figure 2 ]
Type locality: Greece, Attica, Kithira Island, Mylopotamos , “Valley of the Mills”, tiny spring beside the big waterfall, N 36°14'38.8" / E 22°56'42.0", 275 m a.s.l., 19.10.2019, leg. Hans-Jürgen Hirschfelder. GoogleMaps
Type Material: Holotype ( ZMH 140690 View Materials ): Shell height 2.4 mm, shell width 1.4 mm . Paratypes from type locality: ZMH (140691/1), coll. Hirschfelder (2 adult, 6 subadult) .
Etymology: The new species is named after Kithira Island.
Description:
Shell: The shell is cylindrical with a small and broad flat apex. The 4.5-5 whorls are convex with a deep suture. The body whorl takes about 0.6 of shell height. The aperture is ovate, with a sharp peristome. The umbilicus is closed. The shell is 2.2-2.5 mm high and 1.3-1.4 mm broad.
Differentiating characters: Both Kithiran species are smaller than the species of southern Peloponnese except B. beckmanni . The shell of B. amira n. sp. is in average higher, more conical with a smaller apex than B. kithiraensis n. sp. and the length to width ratio is about 1,9 whereas the latter shows a ratio of about 1.75.
Associated species: Pseudamnicola magdalenae , Gyraulus sp.
Distribution: Only known from type locality in western Kithira Island.
Remarks: This species was not found in the big spring in the center of Mylopotamos.
ZMH |
Zoologisches Museum Hamburg |
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