Bythinella olymbosensis, Glöer & Reuselaars, 2020

Glöer, Peter & Reuselaars, Robert, 2020, The Bythinella spp. of Greece (Gastropoda: Hydrobioidea: Bythinelliidae), Ecologica Montenegrina 29 (2020), pp. 20-33 : 29

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.37828/em.2020.29.3

publication LSID

urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:873D27C2-1693-4E93-8313-D00B72F82B82

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12808295

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/A34669A5-B723-484A-9EB3-081681D6C895

taxon LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:act:A34669A5-B723-484A-9EB3-081681D6C895

treatment provided by

Felipe

scientific name

Bythinella olymbosensis
status

sp. nov.

Bythinella olymbosensis View in CoL n. sp. [fig. 2.11]

Material examined: Holotype ( RMNH.MOL.340514) and 3 paratypes ( RMNH.MOL.340515) from type locality.

Holotype: 2.6 mm high, 1.7 mm broad from type locality.

Paratypes: 3 paratypes from type locality, 3 adult and 8 subadult ex. (dry) in coll. Robert Reuselaars (no. 754).

Locus typicus: Spring at Olymbos mountain , apr 3 km before the top, south Lesvos isl., Greece at 804 meters altitude ( Figure 12 View Figures 10-14 ), 39° 04.15127' N 26° 21.01430' E, 08.05.2007 Robert Reuselaars leg. GoogleMaps

Habitat: On algae on the bottom and sides of an artificial basin, this species occupies an are of less than 0, 25 m 2.

Etymology: Named after Olymbos mountain.

Description: The shell is ovate conical with 4.5-5 slightly convex whorls which are separated by a clear suture. The aperture is ovate, slightly angled at the top. The peristome is thickened at the columella. The umbilicus is closed. The body whorl takes 0.75 of shell height. The aperture is 1.0 mm high and 0.8 mm broad. The ratio of shell height to shell width is 1.6. The shell is 2.1-2.6 mm high and 1.4-1.7 mm broad.

Differentiating characters: No other Bythinella sp. known on this island.

Distribution: Only known from type locality.

RMNH

National Museum of Natural History, Naturalis

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