Iglica hellenica
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Ordo: Littorinimorpha
Familia: Hydrobiidae
Genus: Iglica
Name
Iglica hellenica Falniowski & Sarbu, 2015 sp. n. – Wikispecies link – ZooBank link – Pensoft Profile
Holotype
Ethanol-fixed specimen, Melissotrypa Cave, Thessalia, Greece, 39°52'38"N, 22°02'58"E, sulphidic lake, near the shore, June 2014, S. Sarbu coll., ZMUJ-M.2107.
Paratype
One specimen destroyed for DNA extraction details as for holotype.
Diagnosis
Shell relatively big, turriform, readily distinguished from geographically close and related species Iglica sidariensis, Iglica maasseni, Iglica wolfischeri and Iglica alpheus by its larger size and more convex whorls Iglica hellenica is readily distinguished from the geographically closest species Paladilhiopsis thessalica by its larger size and narrow aperture.
Description
Shell (Fig. 1) up to 4.04 mm tall, 5.5 whorls, spire height 281% width of shell. Holotype measurements: shell height 4.04 mm, spire height 1.85 mm, body whorl breadth 1.44 mm, aperture height 1.22 mm, aperture breadth 1.05 mm, whorls number 5½. Teleoconch whorls highly convex, evenly rounded. Aperture narrow, ovate, weakly angled adapically, separated from body whorl by a broad groove. Parietal lip complete, adnate, no umbilicus. Outer lip simple, orthocline. Shell glossy with no sculpture, periostracum yellowish. Soft parts pinkish, with no pigment. External morphology and anatomy unknown.
Etymology
The specific epithet (hellenica) is a Greek adjective meaning Greek.
Distribution and habitat
Known from two specimens from the type locality only.
Original Description
- Falniowski, A; Sarbu, S; 2015: Two new Truncatelloidea species from Melissotrypa Cave in Greece (Caenogastropoda) ZooKeys, (530): 1-14. doi
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