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

By

Falniowski, Andrzej
Sarbu, Serban M.

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2015

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

530

Pages

1-14

Subjects

aquatic snails , cytochrome oxidase , Gastropoda , Hydrobiidae , Moitessieriidae , Morphology , taxonomy , troglobionts

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.530.6137

 

Abstract

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.