Bythinella kwanti, Glöer & Reuselaars, 2020

Glöer, Peter & Reuselaars, Robert, 2020, The Bythinella spp. of Greece (Gastropoda: Hydrobioidea: Bythinelliidae), Ecologica Montenegrina 29 (2020), pp. 20-33 : 27-28

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.12808287

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/BE43EE11-697E-4AC6-9441-FE1EA3D210AC

taxon LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:act:BE43EE11-697E-4AC6-9441-FE1EA3D210AC

treatment provided by

Felipe

scientific name

Bythinella kwanti
status

sp. nov.

Bythinella kwanti View in CoL n. sp. [fig. 2.7]

Material examined: Holotype ( RMNH.MOL.340506) and 2 paratypes ( RMNH.MOL.340507) from type locality.

Holotype: 2.9 mm high, 1.8 mm broad from type locality.

Paratypes: 2 paratypes from type locality, 2.6 mm high and 1.7 mm broad, + 1 juv, 2 adult and 10 subadult ex. in coll. Robert Reuselaars (no. 1273).

Locus typicus: Planitero , south of Kalavrita, NW Peleponnesos, Greece at 495 meters altitude ( Figure 9 View Figures 4-9 ), 37° 55' 59.61717''' N 22° 09' 45.61220'' E, 09.06.2019 Robert Reuselaars leg.

Habitat: stong running spring with medium sized stones with algae cover.

Etymology: Named after Henkdrikjan Kwant who joined Robert Reuselaars on many trips in the last 20 years.

Description: The shell is ovate with 4.5-5 slightly convex whorls which are separated by a deep suture. The aperture is ovate, slightly angled at the top. The peristome is broadened at the columella. The umbilicus is slit-like. The body whorl takes 0.76 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 2.6-2.9 mm high and 1.7-1.8 mm broad.

Differentiating characters: This species is much higher and broader than B. beckmanni .

Distribution: Only known from type locality.

RMNH

National Museum of Natural History, Naturalis

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