A new species of Kerkia Radoman, 1978 (Caenogastropoda, Hydrobiidae) from Bosnia and Herzegovina

By

Hoffmann, Sebastian
Rysiewska, Aleksandra
Osikowski, Artur
Falniowski, Andrzej

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2020

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

973

Pages

17--33

Subjects

Balkans , cytochrome oxidase , Gastropoda , histone , interstitial , molecular taxonomy , Morphology , stygobiont

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.973.52788

 

Abstract

A new species ofKerkia,K. brianiRysiewska & Osikowski,sp. nov.is described from the spring Polički Studenac Vrelo (Crkvina), adjacent to the Trebišnjica River (Bosnia and Herzegovina) collected with Bou-Rouch technique, pumped from an interstitial habitat 50 cm below the bottom of the spring. The shell, female reproductive organs, and the penis are described and illustrated. Mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase subunit I (COI) and nuclear histone H3 partial sequences confirm the distinctness of the new species, and molecularly based phylogenetic relationships ofKerkiaare briefly presented.