Two new species of the genus Bythinella Moquin-Tandona, 1856 from the Greek island of Evia (Gastropoda: Bythinellidae)
Author
Glöer, Peter
Biodiversity Research Lab, Schulstrasse 3, D- 25491 Hetlingen, Germany. E-mail: gloeer @ malaco. de
Author
Pešić, Vladimir
Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Montenegro, Cetinjski put b. b., 81000 Podgorica, Montenegro. E-mail: vladopesic @ gmail. com
text
Ecologica Montenegrina
2020
2020-11-01
36
1
5
http://dx.doi.org/10.37828/em.2020.36.1
journal article
10.37828/em.2020.36.1
2336-9744
13232063
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Bythinella reuselaarsi
n. sp.
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Figs 9-10
Material examined
—
Holotype
(
ZMH140807
): shell height
3.1 mm
, width
1.9 mm
;
paratypes
:
64 specimens
in isopropanol (
ZMH140808
),
15 specimens
in coll.
Glöer.
Type
locality
—
Greece
,
Evia Island
, the region of
Mount Ochi
, GR
4 limnocrene spring within
Platanus
grove along the road, near
Melissonas village
,
38°5'26.43"N
,
24°23'54.97"E
,
30.06.2007
leg.
Pešić.
Etymology
— Named after Robert Reuselaars (Assen,
The Netherlands
) in appreciation of his work in collecting
Bythinella
samples in
Greece
.
Description
Shell
— Shell ovate-cylindrical with 4.5 slightly convex whorls separated by a deep suture. The aperture is ovate, somewhat oblique. The peristome is sharp. The umbilicus is closed. The shell is
3.1 mm
high and
1.9 mm
broad.
Anatomy
— The penis is much shorter than the penial appendix. The tubular gland is thin at the proximal end and brod at the distal end (
Fig. 10
), with six half-loops.
Differentiating characters
— The shell of
Bythinella reuselaarsi
n. sp.
is ovate-cylindrical, not elongated like in
B. charpentieri
. On the other hand,
B. dimitrosensis
can be distinguished from the new species by a smaller size, ovate shell. The body whorl of
B. reuselaarsi
n. sp.
is convex and not straight like in
B. kastanolongosensis
n. sp.
The tubular gland of
B. reuselaaarsi
n. sp.
is longer (6 half-loops) vs. four half-loops in
B
.
kastanolongosensis
n. sp.
Habitat
— Specimens were collected from a limnocrene spring with a well developed starwort (
Callitriche
sp.
) vegetation (
Fig. 12
).
Distribution
—
Greece
; Only known from the
type
locality in the region of the Mt. Ochi in the southern part of the island of Evia.