Bythinella gregoi, Glöer & Reuselaars, 2020

Glöer, Peter & Reuselaars, Robert, 2020, The Bythinella spp. of Greece (Gastropoda: Hydrobioidea: Bythinelliidae), Ecologica Montenegrina 29 (2020), pp. 20-33 : 26

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.37828/em.2020.29.3
publication LSID	urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:873D27C2-1693-4E93-8313-D00B72F82B82
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12808269
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/2FAEF436-7F34-4576-90F7-01B8D759BA35
taxon LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:act:2FAEF436-7F34-4576-90F7-01B8D759BA35
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Bythinella gregoi
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Bythinella gregoi View in CoL n. sp. [fig. 2.2]

Material examined: Holotype ( RMNH.MOL.340496) and 2 paratypes ( RMNH.MOL.340497) from type locality.

Holotype: 2.5 mm high, 1.4 mm broad from type locality.

Paratypes: 2 paratypes from type locality, 2 adult and 5 subadult ex. in coll. Robert Reuselaars (no. 839).

Locus typicus: Spring SW of Anthousa, Greece, at 1.000 meters altitude, 39° 39' 31.97786'' N 21° 12' 27.76905'' E, 09.05.2013 Robert Reuselaars leg. GoogleMaps

Habitat: Slow running spring, the specimen were collected from old leaves.

Etymology: Named after Jozef Grego who did so much for our knowledge of the hydrobiids from the Balkan.

Description: The shell is slim ovate with 4-4.5 slightly convex whorls which are separated by a clear suture. The aperture is ovate, slightly angled at the top. The peristome is broadened at the columella. The umbilicus is slit-like. The aperture is 0.8 mm high and 0.7 mm broad. The ratio of shell height to shell width is 1.7. The shell is 2.4-2.7 mm high and 1.4-1.5 mm broad.

Differentiating characters: See Bythinella kyriaki n. sp.

Distribution: Only known from type locality.