The Bythinella spp. of Greece (Gastropoda: Hydrobioidea: Bythinelliidae)
Author
Glöer, Peter
Schulstrasse 3, D- 25491 Hetlingen, Germany; e-mail: gloeer @ malaco. de
Author
Reuselaars, Robert
Traverse 33, 9408 MG Assen, The Netherlands; e-mail: f 2 hreuselaa @ hetnet. nl
text
Ecologica Montenegrina
2020
2020-03-14
29
2020
20
33
http://dx.doi.org/10.37828/em.2020.29.3
journal article
10.37828/em.2020.29.3
2336-9744
12808255
urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:873D27C2-1693-4E93-8313-D00B72F82B82
Bythinella petrosensis
n. sp.
[fig. 2.8]
Material examined:
Holotype
(
RMNH
.MOL.340508) and
1 paratype
(
RMNH
.MOL.340509) from type locality.
Holotype
:
2.9 mm
high,
1.8 mm
broad from type locality.
Paratypes
:
1 paratype
from type locality, 2.0 mm high and
1.3 mm
broad, 4 (dry) in coll. Robert Reuselaars (no. 682).
Locus typicus:
Spring
5-6 km
Se of Aghios Petros
,
Parnon mountains
,
Peleponnesos
,
Greece
at 1.105 meters altitude (
Figure 10
),
37° 17' 36.115787'' N
22° 35' 30.35337'' E
,
24.09.2010
Robert Reuselaars
leg.
Habitat:
This species occupies an area of only less than 0,
15 m
2
in
an artificial basin of a slow running spring
Etymology:
Named after Aghios Petros town.
Description:
The shell is elongated ovate with 3-4.5 convex whorls which are separated by a deep suture. The aperture is ovate. The peristome is thickened at the columella. The umbilicus is closed. The body whorl takes 0.8 of shell height. The aperture is
0.8 mm
high and
0.7 mm
broad. The ratio of shell height to shell width is 1.6. The shell is 2.0-
2.2 mm
high and
1.3 mm
broad.
Differentiating characters:
This species is much smaller than
B. liandinaensis
n.sp.
and much smaller than
B. atypicos
as well.
Distribution:
Only known from
type
locality.