Fessia, Glöer & Mabrouki & Taybi, 2020

Glöer, Peter, Mabrouki, Youness & Taybi, Abdelkhaleq Fouzi, 2020, Two new valvatoid genera (Gastropoda, Hydrobiidae) from Morocco, Ecologica Montenegrina 30, pp. 124-128 : 127

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.37828/em.2020.30.12

publication LSID

urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:9C733433-9E65-4D7D-A969-4A3DFA20D43D

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13231305

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/552DBF7B-FCB1-48F8-934B-B5D5704D913E

taxon LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:act:552DBF7B-FCB1-48F8-934B-B5D5704D913E

treatment provided by

Felipe

scientific name

Fessia
status

gen. nov.

Fessia View in CoL n. gen.

https://zoobank.org/ urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:552DBF7B-FCB1-48F8-934B-B5D5704D913E

Type species: Fessia aouintii View in CoL n. sp.

Description. Shell: The tiny shell is valvatoid, thin and translucent, the umbilicus is wide. The penis is flat, relatively thick at the basis with a small bulge and tapered at the distal end.

Differential Diagnosis: From Islamia the new genus can be distinguished by the penis, which is in Islamia bilobed.

Etymology: Named after the prefecture of Fez where the species has been collected.

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