Bythinella cf. charpentieri (Roth, 1855)

Radea, Canella, Parmakelis, Aristeidis, Papadogiannis, Vassilis, Charou, Despoina & Triantis, Kostas A., 2013, The hydrobioid freshwater gastropods (Caenogastropoda, Truncatelloidea) of Greece: new records, taxonomic re-assessments using DNA sequence data and an update of the IUCN Red List Categories, ZooKeys 350, pp. 1-20 : 6

Bythinella cf. charpentieri (Roth, 1855)

New records.

Nom. EVVOIAS: pool with Nasturtium sp. and Platanus orientalis , 3.8 km NE of Paradeisi to Ag. Dimitrios, ca 335 m asl, 38°05'26"N, 24°23'57"E, 25.xi.2012, Radea and Constantinidis; spring close to the road towards Ag. Dimitrios beach, ca 120 m asl, 38°08'26"N, 24°27'01"E, 25.xi.2012, Radea and Constantinidis; spring close to the road from Ag. Dimitrios to Kalianoi, ca 295 m asl, 38°07'21"N, 24°26'30"E, 25.xi.2012, Radea and Constantinidis; cistern, ca 0.7 km NNW of Kalianoi, ca 205 m asl, 38°07'22"N, 24°29'26"E, 26.xi.2012, Radea and Constantinidis; spring in Myloi village, ca 205 m asl, 38°01'56"N, 24°26'09"E, 26.xi.2012, Radea and Constantinidis; spring close to Stoupaioi, ca 255 m asl, 38°07'21"N, 24°18'51"E, 26.xi.2012, Radea and Constantinidis; stream with Nasturtium sp. and Helosciadium sp., on coastal flats 3.2 km NW of Marmari, ca 0 m asl, 38°04'16"N, 24°18'06"E, 26.xi.2012, Radea and Constantinidis.

Nom. VOIOTIAS: Krya spring in Livadia, ca 240 m asl, 38°25'49"N, 22°52'22"E, 17.iv.2012, Radea and Constantinidis; spring Pigi Chariton close to Orchomenos, ca 170 m asl, 38°29'41"N, 22°58'23"E, 17.iv.2012, Radea and Constantinidis.

Remarks.

The populations of Bythinella found in Evvoia and Voiotia have morphological and anatomical similarity to Bythinella charpentieri , which is the only known species of the genus inhabiting Attiki, Evvoia and Parnassos Mt. ( Falniowski and Szarowska 2011b). In particular, the shape and the morphometry of the tubular gland of the penis, which is an important feature to distinguish Bythinella spp. ( Glöer 2013), are identical to those of Bythinella charpentieri . Therefore, we consider that the populations from Evvoia and Voiotia belong to Bythinella charpentieri . However, molecular data would be very useful to elucidate completely their taxonomic status since Falniowski et al. (2009), Falniowski and Szarowska (2011b) and Falniowski et al. (2012) have demonstrated that there are many cryptic species in Bythinella , due to the morphostatic evolution, and, consequently, it is difficult to distinguish species without molecular analysis.