The freshwater snails (Gastropoda) of Iran, with descriptions of two new genera and eight new species
Author
Gloeer, Peter
Biodiversity Research Laboratory, Schulstrasse 3, D- 25491 Hetlingen, Germany
Author
Pesic, Vladimir
Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Montenegro, Cetinjski put b. b., 81000 Podgorica, Montenegro
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.219.3406
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.219.3406
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Bithynia (Bithynia) ejecta Mousson, 1874
Records from Iran.
Isfahan Province - (as
Amnicola ejecta
:
Biggs 1937
).
Remarks.
Probably due to the small size of this species,
Biggs (1937)
assigned this species belongs to the genus
Amnicola
, although
Mousson (1874)
described it as a
Bythynia
, and pointed out that the operculum is characteristic for
Bythinia
and different from
Amnicola
(syn. to
Pseudamnicola
). Furthermore,
Biggs (1937)
found his species in the mountains, while the original description of
Bithynia ejecta
comes from the lowland, indicating the
Biggs's
species is not conspecific with
Bithynia ejecta
and probably represents an undescribed species.