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
urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:873D27C2-1693-4E93-8313-D00B72F82B82
Bythinella gregoi
n. sp.
[fig. 2.2]
Material examined:
Holotype
(
RMNH
.MOL.340496) and
2 paratypes
(
RMNH
.MOL.340497) from type locality.
Holotype
:
2.5 mm
high,
1.4 mm
broad from type locality.
Paratypes
:
2 paratypes
from type locality,
2 adult
and
5 subadult
ex. in coll. Robert Reuselaars (no. 839).
Locus typicus:
Spring
SW of Anthousa
,
Greece
, at 1.000 meters altitude,
39° 39' 31.97786'' N
21° 12' 27.76905'' E
,
09.05.2013
Robert Reuselaars
leg.
Habitat:
Slow running spring, the specimen were collected from old leaves.
Etymology:
Named after Jozef Grego who did so much for our knowledge of the hydrobiids from the Balkan.
Description:
The shell is slim ovate with 4-4.5 slightly convex whorls which are separated by a clear suture. The aperture is ovate, slightly angled at the top. The peristome is broadened at the columella. The umbilicus is slit-like. The aperture is
0.8 mm
high and
0.7 mm
broad. The ratio of shell height to shell width is 1.7. The shell is
2.4-2.7 mm
high and
1.4-1.5 mm
broad.
Differentiating characters:
See
Bythinella kyriaki
n. sp.
Distribution:
Only known from
type
locality.