Checklist of the freshwater snails (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of Mongolia
Author
Marinskiy, Vadim V.
text
Zootaxa
2017
2017-01-01
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.4317.1.2
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Valvata
(
Sibirovalvata
)
brevicula
Kozhov, 1936
(
fig. 2
F)
Regional distribution.
A Single
dry Shell identified by uS aS belonging to
Valvata brevicula
(See fig. 2 F) waS found among SpecimenS collected by ZhaltSanoVa in an unknown waterbody of
Mongolia
(the label of thiS Sample waS totally deStroyed).
Extra-limital distribution.
The
type
locality of
V. brevicula
iS
Boguchan Bay
of the
Baikal Lake
(
VinarSki & Kantor 2016
).
It
iS broadly diStributed in
Siberia
and the RuSSian
Far EaSt
, including areaS neighbouring to
Mongolia
(
SitnikoVa
et al
. 2015).
Morphology.
The Shell of
V. brevicula
iS heaVily ribbed and reSembleS ShellS of
V. confusa
. The main difference between the two SpecieS lieS in the relatiVe height of Shell Spire; in
V. brevicula
it iS Significantly leSS than in
V. confusa
.