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.