A case of biodiversity overestimation in the Balkan Belgrandiella A. J. Wagner, 1927 (Caenogastropoda: Hydrobiidae): molecular divergence not paralleled by high morphological variation
Author
Osikowski, Artur
Author
Hofman, Sebastian
Author
Rysiewska, Aleksandra
Author
Sket, Boris
Author
Prevorčnik, Simona
Author
Falniowski, Andrzej
text
Journal of Natural History
2018
2018-02-06
52
5 - 6
323
344
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2018.1424959
journal article
10.1080/00222933.2018.1424959
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Belgrandiella
cf.
pageti
Schütt, 1970
(
Figure
2m
,n
)
Diagnosis
Shell turriform, spire high, narrow, forming regular prolonged cone, apex pointed, whorls growing slowly and regularly, moderately tumid, body whorl relatively low and narrow, aperture elliptical, moderately broad, peristome continuous, parietal lip nearly covering slit-like umbilicus, outer lip thin.
Type
material
Type
locality:
‘
Tounjčica-Höle
’
, in
Schütt 1970
; the
Tounjčica cave
near the
Tounj town
not far from the road Karlovac-Duga-Resa-Josipdol (Kupa drainage area),
Croatia
.
Distribution
Endemic to
Slovenia
and
Croatia
.