Iglica hellenica, Falniowski, Andrzej & Sarbu, Serban, 2015

Falniowski, Andrzej & Sarbu, Serban, 2015, Two new Truncatelloidea species from Melissotrypa Cave in Greece (Caenogastropoda), ZooKeys 530, pp. 1-14 : 3-4

Taxon classification Animalia Littorinimorpha Hydrobiidae

Iglica hellenica sp. n.

Holotype.

Ethanol-fixed specimen, Melissotrypa Cave, Thessalia, Greece, 39°52'38"N, 22°02'58"E, sulphidic lake, near the shore, June 2014, S. Sarbu coll., ZMUJ-M.2107.

Paratype.

One specimen destroyed for DNA extraction details as for holotype.

Diagnosis.

Shell relatively big, turriform, readily distinguished from geographically close and related species Iglica sidariensis , Iglica maasseni , Iglica wolfischeri and Iglica alpheus by its larger size and more convex whorls Iglica hellenica is readily distinguished from the geographically closest species Paladilhiopsis thessalica by its larger size and narrow aperture.

Description.

Shell (Fig. 1) up to 4.04 mm tall, 5.5 whorls, spire height 281% width of shell. Holotype measurements: shell height 4.04 mm, spire height 1.85 mm, body whorl breadth 1.44 mm, aperture height 1.22 mm, aperture breadth 1.05 mm, whorls number 5½. Teleoconch whorls highly convex, evenly rounded. Aperture nar row, ovate, weakly angled adapically, separated from body whorl by a broad groove. Parietal lip complete, adnate, no umbilicus. Outer lip simple, orthocline. Shell glossy with no sculpture, periostracum yellowish. Soft parts pinkish, with no pigment. External morphology and anatomy unknown.

Etymology.

The specific epithet (hellenica) is a Greek adjective meaning Greek.

Distribution and habitat.

Known from two specimens from the type locality only.