The first record of a Pseudamnicola sp. from Gran Canaria (Spain) (Gastropoda: Hydrobiidae)
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Glöer, Peter
Schulstrasse 3, D- 25491 Hetlingen, Germany. - mail gloeer @ malaco. de
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Reuselaars, Robert
Traverse 33, 9408 MG Assen, The Netherlands. E-mail: f 2 hreuselaa @ hetnet. nl
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Ecologica Montenegrina
2020
2020-07-24
33
59
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http://dx.doi.org/10.37828/em.2020.33.7
journal article
10.37828/em.2020.33.7
2336-9744
13231721
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Pseudamnicola canariensis
n. sp.
[
fig. 1
]
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Material examined:
Holotype
(
RMNH
.MOL.347630) and
29 paratypes
from type locality.
Holotype
:
3.1 mm
high, 2.0 mm broad from type locality.
Paratypes
:
2 (
RMNH
.MOL. 347631),
1 ex.
coll.
Peter Glöer
,
6 adult
,
15 subadult
and
5 juvenile
ex. in coll.
Robert Reuselaars
(no. 631) from type locality
.
Figure 1.
Left: shell of
Pseudamnicola canariensis
n. sp; right: map of study area.
Locus typicus:
Small
stream in the
Azuaje
ravine,
Gran Canaria
,
Spain
,
28°06'21.71673'' N
,
15°34'21.87576'' E
, Robert Reuselaars
12.10.2008
leg
.
Habitat:
Slow running stream with vegetation, this species was found on small stones and waterplants. The exact origin of this stream has not been located.
Ecology:
Species of the genus
Pseudamnicola
usually live in springs. But if the conditions are right (cold and clear water) they also live in small streams or rivers. This has also been observed by
Pseudamnicola skalaensis
Glöer & Reuselaars, 2020
, a species known from the Peleponnesos in
Greece
near the town of Skala (
Glöer
et al
. 2020
).
Etymology
: named after the Gran Canaria of the
Canary islands
.
Description:
The greyish shell is ovate with 4.5-5 slightly convex whorls with a deep suture. The aperture is ovate, tapered at the top. The peristome is thickened at the columella. The umbilicus is closed. The body whorl takes 0.8 of shell height. The aperture is
1.3 mm
high and
1.5 mm
broad. The shell is
3.1 mm
high and 2.0-
2.1 mm
broad.
Differential diagnosis.
From
Pseudamnicola luteola
(Küster, 1852)
which occurs in
Algeria
and
Morocco
(
Mabrouki et al. 2020
,
Glöer
et al
. 2010
) it differs in smaller size (
4.5-5 mm
in
P. luteola
) and in addition the whorls are stepped.
Distribution:
Canary islands
; only known from the
type
locality.