Crenobiont, stygophile and stygobiont molluscs in the hydrographic area of the Trebišnjica River Basin

By

Falniowski, Andrzej
Lewarne, Brian
Rysiewska, Aleksandra
Osikowski, Artur
Hofman, Sebastian

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2021

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

1047

Pages

61--89

Subjects

Balkans , Bosnia and Herzegovina , cave , COI , H3 , karst area , meiofauna , molecular systematics , new genus , new species , Spring

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1047.64034

 

Abstract

In the paper the crenobiont, stygophile and stygobiont malacofauna of the karst area of Popovo Polje around Trebinje (Eastern Herzegovina, BiH) is presented. The materials were collected from springs, caves and interstitial habitats (with a Bou-Rouch pump) at 23 localities. The following species were found: Pisidium cf. personatum A.W. Malm, 1855,Theodoxus callosus(Deshayes, 1833),Sadleriana fluminensis(Küster, 1852),Radomaniola curta(Küster, 1852), Radomaniola cf. bosniaca (Radoman, 1973),Kerkia brianiRysiewska & Osikowski, 2020,Montenegrospeum bogici(Pešić & Glöer, 2012),Litthabitella chilodia(Westerlund, 1886),Travunijana vruljakensisGrego & Glöer, 2019, a new genus and species of the Sadlerianinae,Emmericia ventricosaBrusina, 1870, Iglica cf. absoloni (A.J. Wagner, 1914),Plagigeyeria tribunicaeSchütt, 1963,Paladilhiopsis arionRysiewska & Osikowski, 2021,Valvata montenegrinaGlöer & Pešić, 2008,Radix labiata(Rossmässler, 1835),Galba truncatula(O. F. Müller, 1774),Ancylus recurvusMartens, 1783,Ancylussp. and the amphibiotic Succinea cf. putris (Linnaeus, 1758). The redescription of the genusTravunijanaGrego & Glöer, 2019, applying the characteristics of shell, female reproductive organs and penis, is also presented. The new genus and species are described, based on the shell, penis, radula and fragmentary data on the female reproductive organs. For all species, the mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase subunit I (COI) is applied to confirm the determination; in the case ofTravunijanaand the new genus, the nuclear histone H3 locus is also used, in order to infer both their distinctiveness and phylogenetic relationships.