Some new Bythinella spp. from southern Greece (Gastropoda: Bythinellidae)
Author
Glöer, Peter
Schulstrasse 3, D- 25491 Hetlingen, Germany; e-mail: gloeer @ malaco. de
Author
Hirschfelder, Hans-Jürgen
Schützenstr. 2, D- 93309 Kelheim, Germany; e-mail: hja @ hirschfelder-kelheim. de
text
Ecologica Montenegrina
2020
2020-04-14
30
60
67
http://dx.doi.org/10.37828/em.2020.30.5
journal article
10.37828/em.2020.30.5
2336-9744
13231395
urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:2062AA44-F3E4-4813-90FB-BB88271CC666
Bythinella eleousae
n. sp.
[
fig. 2.1
]
Type
locality:
Greece
,
Phocis
,
Parnassus Mountains
,
Polidrosos
,
Kifisou Spring
at the ruin of the
Byzantine
church
Agia Eleousa
,
1.5 km
SW of Polidrosos
,
N 38°37'45.1"
/
E 22°31'12.4"
,
311 m
a.s.l.
,
07.05.2017
, leg.
Hans-Jürgen
&
Andrea Hirschfelder.
Type Material:
Holotype
(
ZMH 140676
): Shell height
2.95 mm
, shell width
1.9 mm
.
Paratypes
from type locality:
ZMH
(140677/1), coll.
Hirschfelder
(
7 adult
,
2 subadult
)
.
Etymology:
The new species is named after the Byzantine church Agia Eleousa. The
type
locality is situated just below that ruin.
Description:
Shell:
The shell is cylindrical with a flat apex and relatively broad. The 4.5-5 whorls are slightly convex with a clear suture. The body whorl takes about 0.75 of shell height. The aperture is ovate, with a sharp peristome. The umbilicus is slit-like. The shell is
2.8-3.1 mm
high and
1.8-1.9 mm
broad.
Differentiating characters
: The new species exhibits the smallest length to width ratio (1.50-1.55) of all Greek
Bythinella
species.
The most similar form is
B. kwanti
Glöer & Reuselaars, 2020
, from the area of Kalavrita with a ratio of 1.6. In all other species that ratio is (much) higher.
Distribution:
Only known from
type
locality on the northern slope of the Parnassus Mountains.