A new Ancylus and a new genus of Hydrobiidae from the Ohrid Lake basin (Mollusca: Gastropoda)
Author
Glöer, Peter
Schulstrasse 3, D- 25491 Hetlingen, Germany. E-mail: gloeer @ malaco. de
Author
Pešić, Vladimir
Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Montenegro, Cetinjski put b. b., 81000 Podgorica, Montenegro. E-mail: vladopesic @ gmail. com, https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 9724 - 345 X
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Ecologica Montenegrina
2023
2023-07-11
64
185
190
http://dx.doi.org/10.37828/em.2023.64.2
journal article
10.37828/em.2023.64.2
2336-9744
13246869
urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:C6640452-261E-4893-9A1C-D68A6F0D8A4D
Ancylus naumiensis
n. sp.
https://zoobank.org/
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2CCBEB51-BA20-4BC4-85F8-E7254717E9A5
Figs. 2
A-D
Ancylus
sp. D
–
Albrecht
et al
. 2006
.
Type series
—
Holotype
(
ZMH 141503
):
Shell
height
2.66 mm
, shell width
6.07 mm
;
NORTH
MACEDONIA
,
Ohrid
Lake area
, the springs of the
Black Drim
near
Monastery of St. Naum
,
40°54'36.04"N
,
20°44'51.14"E
,
13.09.2019
leg.
Pešić.
Paratypes
:
6 ex.
ZMH 141504
,
3 ex.
in coll.
Glöer
, same data as the holotype
.
Type
locality
—
North
Macedonia
,
Ohrid
Lake region
, the springs of the
Black Drim
near
Monastery of St. Naum
,
40°54'36.04"N
,
20°44'51.14"E
.
Etymology
— Named after the Monastery of Saint Naum in whose vicinity the new species was collected.
Description
— The shell is broad oval. The shell is
2.7 mm
high and 6.0 mm long. The apex does not reach the border of the shell from apical view. Upper side of apex straight and not convex and the tip not bent down.
Figure 2
.
Ancylus naumiensis
n. sp.
,
holotype (A-B): A = shell, lateral view; B = shell, apical view; C-D = apex.
Differential diagnosis
— Four species of the genus
Ancylus
are known from the
Ohrid
Lake basin (
Albrecht
et al
. 2006
).
Ancylus tapirulus
Poliński, 1929
is characterized by a sharp apex, while
A. scalariformis
Stanković & Radoman, 1953
is differentiated by a characteristic shape of the shell, with a number of concentric eaves-like projections. The both species live in the “shell zone” (
18-35 m
), mainly on the zebra mussel
Dreissena stankovici
. The third species,
Ancylus lapicidus
Hubendick, 1960
, resembles
A. scalariformis
in possessing comarginal ribss (
Hubendick 1960
) and is restricted to the littoral zone, inhabiting the rocky substrate on the eastern side of Lake
Ohrid
. Fourth species, putatively named as
Ancylus
sp. D
was separated by
Albrecht
et al
. (2006)
based on DNA data from two mitochondrial genes (COI, LSU rDNA), and includes specimens collected from springs near the southeastern edge of the lake (St. Naum in North
Macedonia
and near Tušemišta in
Albania
). The latter species, here described as
A. naumiensis
n. sp
.
is diiferentiated by the shape of the apex.
All four species, as shown by
Albrecht
et al
. (2006)
form a monophyletic group that probably evolved in the
Ohrid
Lake Basin, also supported by the morphological similarity of the species of this group sharing a very characteristic appearance of the radula with solid teeth without cusplets (
Albrecht
et al
. 2006
).
Habitat
— Springs; crenobiontic.
Albrecht
et al
. (2006)
mentioned that despite an extensive search, they were unable to find this taxon in the lake.
Distribution
— Known from the St. Naum springs in North
Macedonia
and Tusemista spring in
Albania
(
Albrecht
et al
. 2006
).