First record of Pisidium subtruncatum Malm, 1855 (Bivalvia, Sphaeriidae) in an African cave

By

Rassam, Hanane
Moutaouakil, Soumia
Benaissa, Hassan.
Albrecht, Christian
Ghamizi, Mohamed

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2020

Original Publication

Subterranean Biology

Volume

34

Pages

99--108

Subjects

Ait M’hamed , biospeleology , Invertebrates , molluscs , Morocco , subterranean

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/subtbiol.34.50916

 

Abstract

Studies on the bivalve family Sphaeriidae in North Africa are very limited at the surface water level, but even more for caves. During an expedition in 2019 to the Ait M’hamed cave (Oum Er Rabia Basin), six specimens of the genus Pisidium were collected. Morphometric and genetic analyses showed that these individuals belong to the species Pisidium subtruncatum Malm, 1855. This work is the first step towards future exploration of cave Sphaeriidae in North Africa.