Grossuana Radoman, 1973 from Macedonia (Greece) (Gastropoda: Truncatelloidea) with the description of three new species
Author
Glöer, Peter
Schulstrasse 3, D- 25491 Hetlingen, Germany, email: gloeer @ malaco. de
Author
Reuselaars, Robert
Westerwal 40, 9408 MS Assen, Netherlands, email: f 2 hreuselaa @ hetnet. nl
Author
Papavasileiou, Kyriakos
Komninon 39, Kalamaria, Thessaloniki 55131, Greece, email: kpapav @ yahoo. com
text
Ecologica Montenegrina
2018
2018-03-26
17
14
19
http://dx.doi.org/10.37828/em.2018.17.2
journal article
10.37828/em.2018.17.2
2336-9744
13360645
urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:7BDB4115-4999-4B15-B876-F2D1184430B1
Grossuana avandasensis
n.sp.
(
Figs. 6-9
,
Fig. 20
)
Type series.
Holotype
(
RMNH
.MOL.339912):
Shell
height
1.65 mm
, shell width
1.2 mm
;
12 paratypes
(dried) and
10 paratypes
(in ethanol,
RMNH
.MOL.339913) from type locality,
11 ex.
in coll.
Reuselaars
(no. 1140),
2 ex.
(dry) in coll.
Glöer
,
3 ex.
(ethanol) coll.
Falniowski.
Locus typicus
:
well near small church west of
Avandas
,
Prefecture of Evros
,
Greece
.
Wet
place quit hidden under
Platanus
trees, there was no stream or real waterflow, water dried up after
4-5 m
.
08.09.2017
R
.
E. Reuselaars
leg.
The
specimens were collected from the leaves
.
Etymology
: Named after Avandas town.
Description
: The yellowish brownish shell is ovate-conical with a prominent body whorl. The 4.5-5 whorls are fast increasing, convex with a clear suture. The aperture is ovate, slightly angled at the top. The periostome is thinkened at the columella. The umbilicus is closed. The operculum is red.
The shell height is
1.5-1.7 mm
, shell width
1.2 mm
.
The mantle is black with a light-grey border. The penis has a small triangular outgrowth at the left side near the basis (
Fig. 2.2
). The penis-tip is long and tapered.
Figures 6-9
.
Grossuana avandasensis
n. sp.
6: holotype, 7: penis in situ, 8-9: paratypes.
Differentiating features
: The shell of
G
.
slavyanica
is slimmer than
G. avandaensis
n. sp. and
G.
angeltsekovi
is much larger. Only
G. avandaensis
n. sp.
has a triangular outgrowth near the basis of the penis, also different from the
Grossuana
spp.
described here as new.