Some new Bythinella spp. from southern Greece (Gastropoda: Bythinellidae)
Author
Glöer, Peter
Schulstrasse 3, D- 25491 Hetlingen, Germany; e-mail: gloeer @ malaco. de
Author
Hirschfelder, Hans-Jürgen
Schützenstr. 2, D- 93309 Kelheim, Germany; e-mail: hja @ hirschfelder-kelheim. de
text
Ecologica Montenegrina
2020
2020-04-14
30
60
67
http://dx.doi.org/10.37828/em.2020.30.5
journal article
10.37828/em.2020.30.5
2336-9744
13231395
urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:2062AA44-F3E4-4813-90FB-BB88271CC666
Bythinella kithiraensis
n. sp.
[
fig. 2.8
]
Type
locality:
Greece
,
Attica
,
Kithira Island
,
Mylopotamos
, “Valley of the Mills”, tiny spring beside the big waterfall,
N 36°14'38.8"
/
E 22°56'42.0"
,
275 m
a.s.l.
,
19.10.2019
, leg.
Hans-Jürgen Hirschfelder.
Type Material:
Holotype
(
ZMH 140690
): Shell height
2.4 mm
, shell width
1.4 mm
.
Paratypes
from type locality:
ZMH
(140691/1), coll.
Hirschfelder
(
2 adult
,
6 subadult
)
.
Etymology:
The new species is named after Kithira Island.
Description:
Shell:
The shell is cylindrical with a small and broad flat apex. The 4.5-5 whorls are convex with a deep suture. The body whorl takes about 0.6 of shell height. The aperture is ovate, with a sharp peristome. The umbilicus is closed. The shell is
2.2-2.5 mm
high and
1.3-1.4 mm
broad.
Differentiating characters:
Both Kithiran species are smaller than the species of southern
Peloponnese
except
B. beckmanni
. The shell of
B. amira
n. sp.
is in average higher, more conical with a smaller apex than
B. kithiraensis
n. sp.
and the length to width ratio is about 1,9 whereas the latter shows a ratio of about 1.75.
Associated species
:
Pseudamnicola magdalenae
,
Gyraulus
sp.
Distribution
: Only known from
type
locality in western Kithira Island.
Remarks:
This species was not found in the big spring in the center of Mylopotamos.