Valvata nowshahrensis, Glöer & Pešić, 2012

Gloeer, Peter & Pesic, Vladimir, 2012, The freshwater snails (Gastropoda) of Iran, with descriptions of two new genera and eight new species, ZooKeys 219, pp. 11-61 : 23-24

publication ID

https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.219.3406

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:35A0EBEF-8157-40B5-BE49-9DBD7B273918

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/944E6EE3-B23C-43FB-A305-882A4D4CF3D9

taxon LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:act:944E6EE3-B23C-43FB-A305-882A4D4CF3D9

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scientific name

Valvata nowshahrensis
status

sp. n.

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.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Mollusca

Class

Gastropoda

Order

Allogastropoda

Family

Valvatidae

Genus

Valvata