Two new Truncatelloidea species from Melissotrypa Cave in Greece (Caenogastropoda)

Authors: Falniowski, Andrzej Country: Greece DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.530.6137 Published: Jan. 1, 2015 Source: ZooKeys OpenAlex: View in OpenAlex

Collection: Pensoft Publishers

Keywords: Gastropoda · Topics: Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior, Subterranean biodiversity and taxonomy, Marine Biology and Ecology Research

In the small lake located in the cave Melissotrypa in Thessalia, Greece, truncatelloidean gastropods representing two species were found, new to science. One of them, represented by two specimens only, has been described based on the shell characters only; with its cytochrome oxidase sequence it has been assigned to the genus Iglica, and to the family Moitessieriidae, Iglica hellenica sp. n. For the other species, represented by 30 collected specimens, the shell, protoconch, radula, head, penis and female reproductive organs have been described; all the morphological characters and cytochrome oxidase sequences have confirmed its assignment to the genus Daphniola (Hydrobiidae: Sadlerianinae), Daphniola magdalenae Falniowski, sp. n.

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