Bythinella amira, Glöer & Hirschfelder, 2020
publication ID |
https://doi.org/ 10.37828/em.2020.30.5 |
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urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:2062AA44-F3E4-4813-90FB-BB88271CC666 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13231415 |
persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/914F1E42-0083-4E97-9441-1E9EF7D8F79F |
taxon LSID |
lsid:zoobank.org:act:914F1E42-0083-4E97-9441-1E9EF7D8F79F |
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Felipe |
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Bythinella amira |
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sp. nov. |
Bythinella amira View in CoL n. sp. [ fig. 2.7 View Figure 2 ]
Type locality: Greece, Attica, Kithira Island, Karavas, spring-fed brook in Amir Ali , N 36°20'43.9" / E 22°56'57.4", 110 m a.s.l., 19.10.2019, leg. Hans-Jürgen Hirschfelder. GoogleMaps
Type Material: Holotype ( ZMH 140688 View Materials ): Shell height 2.5 mm, shell width 1.4 mm . Paratypes from type locality: ZMH (140689/2), coll. Hirschfelder (8 adult, 6 subadult) .
Etymology: The new species is named after the small village and ravine Amir Ali.
Description:
Shell: The shell is cylindrical to slightly conical with a small rounded apex. The 4.5-5 whorls are convex with a deep suture. The body whorl takes about 0.7 of shell height. The aperture is elongated ovate, with a thickened peristome. The umbilicus is closed. The shell is 2.3-2.6 mm high and 1.3-1.4 mm broad and all specimens are encrusted with blackish-brown Fe/Mn.
Differentiating characters: see Bythinella kithiraensis n. sp.
Associated species: Pseudamnicola magdalenae Falniowski, 2016 (type locality), Gyraulus sp. and Melanopsis buccinoidea (Olivier, 1801) .
Distribution: Only known from type locality in northern Kithira Island.
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Zoologisches Museum Hamburg |
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