Revision of the subterranean genus Spelaeodiscus Brusina, 1886 (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Spelaeodiscidae)

By

Páll-Gergely, Barna
Deli, Tamás
Erőss, Zoltán Péter
Reischütz, Peter L.
Reischütz, Alexander
Fehér, Zoltán

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2018

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

769

Pages

13-48

Subjects

“Milieu Souterrain Superficiel” , “scratch and flotate” , Aspasita , Balkans , shell morphology , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.769.25258

 

Abstract

The Balkan genus Spelaeodiscus Brusina, 1886 is revised based on museum collections and newly collected samples from Montenegro and Albania. The following species and subspecies are introduced as new to science: Spelaeodiscusalbanicusedentatus Páll-Gergely & P. L. Reischütz, ssp. n. (southern Montenegro and northern Albania), Spelaeodiscusdensecostatus Páll-Gergely & A. Reischütz, sp. n., Spelaeodiscushunyadii Páll-Gergely & Deli, sp. n., Spelaeodiscuslatecostatus Páll-Gergely & Erőss, sp. n. (all three from southern Montenegro), Spelaeodiscusunidentatusacutus Páll-Gergely & Fehér, ssp. n., and Spelaeodiscusvirpazarioides Páll-Gergely & Fehér, sp. n. (both from northern Albania). For all species and subspecies diagnoses and suggestions for conservation status assessments according to IUCN criteria are provided. An overview is given regarding the habitat preference of Spelaeodiscus species, and the “scratch and flotate” method to collect subterranean gastropods.