Arganiella Giusti & Pezzoli, 1980 (Caenogastropoda: Truncatelloidea: Hydrobiidae): a widespread genus or several narrow-range endemic genera?
Author
Delicado, Diana
ED8CD4C8-7310-40E3-8821-7721615A5992
Justus Liebig University Giessen, Department of Animal Ecology & Systematics, Heinrich-Buff-Ring 26 - 32 IFZD, 35392 Giessen, Germany.
didelicado@gmail.com
Author
Pešić, Vladimir
2B46F869-1202-47A9-9359-0BE04D691F6C
University of Montenegro, Faculty of Sciences, Department of Biology, Cetinjski put b. b., 81000 Podgorica, Montenegro.
vladopesic@gmail.com
Author
Ramos, Marian A.
C108BACD-06A7-4C6D-8466-2A1CFE349DEB
Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (MNCN-CSIC), José Gutiérrez Abascal 2, 28006 Madrid, Spain.
m.ramos@mncn.csic.es
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European Journal of Taxonomy
2021
2021-05-21
750
1
140
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http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.750.1369
journal article
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Genus
Aretiana
Delicado & Ramos
gen. nov.
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Type
species
Boetersiella wolfi
Boeters & Glöer, 2007
.
Fig. 1.
Maximum likelihood tree based on the combined (COI, 18S) dataset. Statistical support of the nodes is indicated when Bayesian posterior probabilities ≥ 0.95 and bootstrap supports ≥ 75% (black dots). On the right, the morphology of shell, penis and distal female genitalia is presented for: a)
Arganiella wolfi
Boeters & Glöer
, b)
A. pescei
Giusti & Pezzoli, 1980
and c)
A. tabanensis
Boeters, Glöer & Pešić, 2014
. Reproductive organs were re-drawn from
Arconada & Ramos (2007a)
,
Bodon
et al.
(2001)
and
Boeters
et al.
(2014)
for the three species, respectively. Scale bar below topology: substitutions per site.
Revised diagnosis
Shell trochiform; whorls 3.5–4.0; aperture complete, rounded; outer lip narrow, straight in lateral profile; umbilicus wide. Operculum corneous, yellowish, thin, pliable, oval to rounded, paucispiral with a central nucleus, without peg. Two pairs of basal cusps on each central radular tooth. Ctenidium well developed, with approximately 14 gill filaments. Osphradium positioned opposite to approximately the middle of the ctenidium. Stomach without gastric caecum; rectum forms a gentle U-shape in the mantle cavity. Bursa copulatrix medium-sized, pyriform, pedunculated and protruding beyond the posterior edge of the albumen gland; bursal duct shorter than bursal length; unpigmented renal oviduct that makes a complete loop over the pallial gland; one elongated or pyriform seminal receptacle arising from the renal oviduct, just above the insertion point with the bursal duct. Prostate gland bean-shaped, about twice as long as wide. Penis small and simple, gradually tapering. Nervous system unpigmented.
Etymology
The genus is named after Villa
Aretiana
, the Roman name of the town Aracena, which gives its name to the mountain range where the genus was found (i.e., Sierra de Aracena); gender feminine.
Remarks
Aretiana
Delicado & Ramos
gen. nov.
can be distinguished from
Arganiella
as the former has a taller shell, a more oval operculum, pigmentation on the body and eyespots, fewer gill filaments, a narrower penis, a larger and pyriform bursa copulatrix located beyond the posterior edge of the albumen gland and fewer cusps on the lateral radular teeth (for comparison, see
Giusti & Pezzoli 1980
;
Boeters & Glöer 2007
;
Arconada & Ramos 2007a
). The new genus differs from the closely related genus
Iberhoratia
by its taller shell with a narrower umbilicus, the absence of lobes on the inner edge of the penis and of a proximal seminal receptacle (SR2) and presence of two pairs of basal cusps on each central radular tooth (see Arconada
et al.
2007). Mean COI divergence for
Aretiana
Delicado & Ramos
gen. nov.
was 15.9% with
Arganiella
and 11.2% with
Iberhoratia
.