Valvata nowshahrensis
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Ordo: Triganglionata
Familia: Valvatidae
Genus: Valvata
Name
Valvata nowshahrensis Glöer & Pešić, 2012 sp. n. – Wikispecies link – Pensoft Profile
Type locality
Mazandaran Province, Nowshahr city, pond near the Caspian See, 51°31'E, 36°38'N, 18 June 2005.
Holotype
(ZMH 79376): Shell diameter 3.3 mm, height 2.3 mm.
Paratypes
(ZMH 79377): 2 specimens from type locality; [2 ex.], Kermanshah Province: IR105-05.
Etymology
Named after the region, where the species was collected.
Description
The yellowish shell is translucent with 3 circular whorls. The umbilicus is wide, and the first whorl is visible through the umbilicus. The surface is glossy with very fine ribs. Shell diameter 3.2–3.3 mm, height 2.3 mm.
Differentiating features
The new species can be distinguished from Valvata piscinalis by its larger umbilicus and from Valvata cristata by its higher spire.
Remarks
This species has possibly been depicted by Mansoorian (1994)[1] and confused with Valvata cristata.
Associated species
Pseudobithynia mazandaranensis sp. n.,Planorbis carinatus, Anisus sp., Valvata cristata, Hippeutis complanatus
Distribution
Iran: Mazandaran and Kermanshah Provinces.
Original Description
- Glöer, P; Pešić, V; 2012: The freshwater snails (Gastropoda) of Iran, with descriptions of two new genera and eight new species ZooKeys, 219: 11-61. doi
Other References
- ↑ Mansoorian A (1994) Freshwater snails of Iran. Scientific publication of School of Public Health & Institute of Public Health Research, Technical series 2145: 1374.
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