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 amira n. sp. [ fig. 2.7 ] Type locality: Greece , Attica , Kithira Island , Karavas , spring-fed brook in Amir Ali , N 36°20'43.9" / E 22°56'57.4" , 110 m a.s.l. , 19.10.2019 , leg. Hans-Jürgen Hirschfelder. Type Material: Holotype ( ZMH 140688 ): Shell height 2.5 mm , shell width 1.4 mm . Paratypes from type locality: ZMH (140689/2), coll. Hirschfelder ( 8 adult , 6 subadult ) . Etymology: The new species is named after the small village and ravine Amir Ali. Description: Shell: The shell is cylindrical to slightly conical with a small rounded apex. The 4.5-5 whorls are convex with a deep suture. The body whorl takes about 0.7 of shell height. The aperture is elongated ovate, with a thickened peristome. The umbilicus is closed. The shell is 2.3-2.6 mm high and 1.3-1.4 mm broad and all specimens are encrusted with blackish-brown Fe/Mn. Differentiating characters : see Bythinella kithiraensis n. sp. Associated species : Pseudamnicola magdalenae Falniowski, 2016 ( type locality), Gyraulus sp. and Melanopsis buccinoidea (Olivier, 1801) . Distribution : Only known from type locality in northern Kithira Island.