ENIGMATIC BYTHINELLA SPECIES IN BÜKK MOUNTAINS WITH THE DESCRIPTION OF BYTHINELLA THERMOPHILA N. SP. (GASTROPODA: AMNICOLIDAE)

Autor: Alexander C. Mrkvicka, András Varga, Peter Glöer
Rok vydání: 2015
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Zdroj: Ecologica Montenegrina. 3:40-45
ISSN: 2336-9744
2337-0173
DOI: 10.37828/em.2015.3.6
Popis: The junior authors collected in the Bükk Mountains in the rivulet in Kács a Bythinella species new to science. From this region only B. pannonica was known which is endemic to the southeastern part of the Northern Carapthian Mountains (Fehér et al. 2013). This rivulet is fed by two springs, a cold one and a hypothermal spring. Only in the hypothermal branch the new Bythinella sp., described here as Bythinella thermophila n. sp., occurs. Both species are in its shell shape very different from other Bythinella spp. known from Europe and Asia Minor so far. In addition to the description the shells of the holotype and paratypes are depicted, as well as the type localities and living specimens. For comparison a photo of B. pannonica is provided.
Databáze: OpenAIRE