A case of biodiversity overestimation in the Balkan Belgrandiella A. J. Wagner, 1927 (Caenogastropoda: Hydrobiidae): molecular divergence not paralleled by high morphological variation
Author
Osikowski, Artur
Author
Hofman, Sebastian
Author
Rysiewska, Aleksandra
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Sket, Boris
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Prevorčnik, Simona
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Falniowski, Andrzej
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Journal of Natural History
2018
2018-02-06
52
5 - 6
323
344
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2018.1424959
journal article
10.1080/00222933.2018.1424959
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Belgrandiella krupensis
Radoman, 1973
(
Figure 2f, g
)
Diagnosis
Shell ovate conic
–
conic, apex pointed, whorls tumid, body whorl relatively high and broad, aperture ovoid, peristome continuous, columellar section in a form of callus, outer lip simple, umbilicus closed.
Type
material
Type
locality: source of Krupa, the right tributary of the
Zrmanja River
,
Croatia
(a subterranean form)
.
Distribution
Endemic to southern
Croatia
.