Iglica hellenica ( Falniowski & Sarbu, 2015 )

Hofman, Sebastian, Rysiewska, Aleksandra, Osikowski, Artur, Grego, Jozef, Sket, Boris, Prevorčnik, Simona, Zagmajster, Maja & Falniowski, Andrzej, 2018, Phylogenetic relationships of the Balkan Moitessieriidae (Caenogastropoda: Truncatelloidea), Zootaxa 4486 (3), pp. 311-339 : 330

Iglica hellenica ( Falniowski & Sarbu, 2015)

Figs. 13–14

Iglica hellenica Falniowski et Sarbu, 2015 : fig. 1.

Material examined: Holotype MZUJ2107; paratype MZUJ2209.

Described from a small pond in Melissotripa Cave, Thessalia, Greece. This species is known only from its type locality. The only paratype was destroyed for DNA extraction; its sequences were applied in this study.

Diagnosis: Shell relatively large (larger than other Iglica ), turriform.

Remarks: This species is readily distinguished from geographically close and related species I. sidariensis , I. maasseni , I. wolfischeri and I. 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.

Figures

FIGURES 2–22. Shells of Iglica, Costellina, Lanzaia and Moitessieria. 2–6. Iglica cf. forumjuliana (Pollonera, 1887), cave Matešića pećina, Matešići, Slunj, Croatia; ZMUJ2114– ZMUJ2115, ZMUJ2202–ZMUJ2204. 7–10. I. cf. hauffeni (Brusina, 1886), Babja luknja near Goričane, Slovenia; ZMUJ2105–ZMUJ2106, ZMUJ2205–ZMUJ2206. 11–12. I. cf. gracilis (Clessin, 1882), Slovenia. 11. Obrežje, river Sava; ZMUJ2110. 12. Terme Čatež, Čatež ob Savi, river Sava; ZMUJ2108. 13–14. Iglica hellenica Falniowski et Sarbu, 2015, Melissotrypa Cave, Thessalia, Greece: 13. Holotype MZUJ2107. 14. Paratype, MZUJ2209, destroyed for DNA extraction. 15–18. Costellina turrita Kuščer, 1933, spring of river Jadro, Solin, Split, type locality: 15. MZUJ2128. 16. MZUJ2211. 17–18. Teloconch sculpture. 19–20. Lanzaia bosnica Bole, 1970, young specimens, Dabarska Pećina, Dabar, Bosnia and Herzegovina; ZMUJ2124. 21–22. Moitessieria sp., gravel bar, river Arga, Akerreta, Pamplona, Spain; ZMUJ2116–21117. Scale bar 1 mm for the shells, 200 µm for fig. 17 and 100 µm for fig. 18.