First record of subterranean freshwater gastropods (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Cochliopidae) from the cenotes of Yucatán state

By

Grego, Jozef
Angyal, Dorottya
Liévano Beltrán, Luis Arturo

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2019

Original Publication

Subterranean Biology

Volume

29

Pages

79-88

Subjects

cave , Mexico , phreatic , Pyrgophorus , stygobiont

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/subtbiol.29.32779

 

Abstract

The biospeleological investigations of several cenotes in the eastern region of Yucatán state, Mexico, during January 2018 yielded, among other invertebrates, two new truncatelloid gastropod species described herein as Mexicenoticaxochiigen. n. et sp. n. and Pyrgophorusthompsonisp. n. Both species represent the first record of stygobiont gastropod species from the cenotes of Yucatán indicating the high biodiversity potential of the studied area.