First record of subterranean freshwater gastropods (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Cochliopidae) from the cenotes of Yucatan state
Author
Grego, Jozef
Author
Angyal, Dorottya
Author
Beltran, Luis Arturo Lievano
text
Subterranean Biology
2019
29
79
88
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/subtbiol.29.32779
journal article
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/subtbiol.29.32779
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Genus
Mexicenotica
gen. n.
Diagnosis.
The diagnostic features of the genus are the same as those of the type species
Mexicenotica xochii
sp. n. The minute size with tear shaped shell and expanded oval aperture with a fragile flaring corrugated margin distinguish the new genus from any other related genera of
Cochliopidae
or
Pomatiopsidae
.
Etymology.
Named after the country of origin and cenotes, the specific vertical sinkhole karstic formations of
Yucatan's
plateau, whose phreatic waters and aquifers host the new genus.