Valvata nowshahrensis, Glöer & Pešić, 2012
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https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.219.3406 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/944E6EE3-B23C-43FB-A305-882A4D4CF3D9 |
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lsid:zoobank.org:act:944E6EE3-B23C-43FB-A305-882A4D4CF3D9 |
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Valvata nowshahrensis |
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Valvata nowshahrensis ZBK sp. n. Fig. 14a-c View Figure 14
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) 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.
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