Revision of the stygobiont gastropod genera Plagigeyeria Tomlin, 1930 and Travunijana Grego & Glöer, 2019 (Mollusca; Gastropoda; Moitessieriidae and Hydrobiidae) in Hercegovina and adjacent regions
Author
Grego, Jozef
44C83AAB-CF4E-46E8-8146-DFBADA150AB6
Horná Mičiná, SK- 97401 Banská Bystrica, Slovakia.
jozef.grego@gmail.com
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European Journal of Taxonomy
2020
2020-07-27
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journal article
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Plagigeyeria ljutaensis
sp. nov.
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Figs 5D
,
6A
Type material
Holotype
BOSNIA
AND HERCEGOVINA • 1 shell;
Bosnian Federation
,
Herzegovina-Neretva Canton
,
Konjic Municipality
,
Ljuta River
spring (
Fig. 2A
);
43.644611° N
,
18.029714° E
;
383 m
a.s.l;
29 Mar. 2018
;
J. Grego
,
D. Angyal
,
G. Jakab
and
M. Olšavský
leg.; HNHM-MOLL-104180.
Paratypes
BOSNIA
AND HERCEGOVINA • 37 shells; same data as for
holotype
; HNHM-MOLL-104181/1,
SBMNH 626401
/6, coll.
Grego
/19, coll.
Glöer
/1
.
Dimensions
(
holotype
)
H
2.09 mm
;
W
1.49
mm; BH
1.16 mm
; BW
0.93 mm
; AH
0.9 mm
; AW
0.78 mm
.
Etymology
Named after the
type
locality: Ljuta River spring (as called in material citation).
Description
The elongate-conical shell is
2.1 mm
in height, with blunt elevated apex, milky-white colour and five inflated whorls separated by a deep suture. Shell surface finely axially ribbed with weak corrugated spiral ribs forming a cancellate structure. Prominent at the nepionic whorl. Wavy spiral cords continue towards the unribbed apex (18 cords) and to protoconch with strongly malleated nucleus. Umbilicus narrow slit-like. Excentric-oval aperture is attached to the body whorl. Peristome blunt and outward reflexed along the aperture outline. Outer lip lateral profile weakly sinuous, columellar lip is weakly concave. Columellar lip profile weakly concave. Expanded aperture conspicuously protruded against body whorl at frontal view.
Differentiating features
The new species differs from the geographically close
P. plagiostoma
species from Vrelo Bosna in Ilidža (
Fig. 5A
) by its more conical shell with more inflated whorls, blunter apex, more narrow umbilicus and larger aperture.
Habitat
The shells of the new species were found in the sediments of a large karst spring of Ljuta River (
383 m
a.s.l.) (right tributary of Neretva River) rising from a small cave in a narrow gorge at the southwestern edge of Bjelašnica Massif (
2067 m
a.s.l.). The karst conduits are likely draining waters from northern Bjelašnica and from Džepi Polje (
830 m
a.s.l.). They are captured by a waterworks to supply potable water for Konjic.
Distribution
Only known from the
type
locality.