Potamolithus spp.
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Potamolithus spp. |
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Distribution: São Paulo state, Eldorado municipality, Tapagem cave (“Diabo cave”, 24°38’12.2”S, 48°24’06.1”W); Iporanga and Apiaí municipalities, Água Suja cave (24° 31’26.4”S, 48°42’ 28.4”W), Água Sumida cave (24°28’43.7”S, 48°37’45.5”W), Alambari de Baixo cave (24°33’26”S, 48°39’52”W), Alambari de Cima cave (24°33’15.0”S, 48°39’55.0”W), Betari de Baixo cave (24°34’34.0”S, 48° 37’ 39.0”W), Chapéu cave (24°26’06.1”S, 48°35’25.9”W), Córrego Seco cave (24°33’06.8”S, 48°40’59.7”W), Desmoronada cave (24°24’16.2”S, 48°32’ 44.2”W), Gruta do Chapéu Mirim I and II caves (24°25’52”S, 48°35’07”W), Gurutuva cave (24°32’03.3”S, 48°39’13.4”W), Jeremias cave (24°38’16.7”S, 48°42’03.8”W), Morro Preto-Couto cave system (24°32’00.5”S, 48°41’57.0”W), Ouro Grosso cave (24°32’31.9”S, 48°40’36.8”W), Pérolas cave (24°33’52.7”S, 48°44’34.7”W), Pescaria cave (24°24’16.6”S, 48°33’02.5”W), Santana cave (24°32’02.3”S, 48°42’09.5”W), Teminina II cave (24°23’05.0”S, 48°34’08.0”W), Aranhas cave (24°26’04.0”S, 48°35’20.6”W); border of Iporanga and Ribeirão Grande municipalities, Colorida cave (24°16’25.6”S, 48°25’11.1”W), Fendão cave (24°16’24.0”S, 48°26’32.0”W), Jane Mansfield cave (24°15’50.0”S, 48°26’42.0”W), Minotauro cave (24°16’22.0”S, 48°27’22.0”W), Paiva cave (24°16’22.4”S, 48°26’44.2”W).
Remarks: Bichuette and Trajano (2018) list 12 morphospecies of Potamolithus in the same overall area in the Upper Ribeira Valley as P. troglobius above and the related troglophilic P. karsticus Simone & Moracchioli, 1994 (known from Calcário Branco cave, including epigean; Fig. 10 View Figures 1–22 ). Of those 12 morphs, five are deemed to be troglobites, six troglophiles, and one epigean. Potamolithus spp. are restricted to micro-basins and/or caves, showing small areas of distribution and probably a high degree of endemism. Whether they are indeed new species remains to be fully investigated.
Bichuette ME, Trajano E (2018) Diversity of Potamolithus (Littorinimorpha, Truncatelloidea) in a high-diversity spot for troglobites in southeastern Brazil: role of habitat fragmentation in the origin of subterranean fauna, and conservation status. Subterranean Biology 25: 61 - 88. https: // doi. org / 10.3897 / subtbiol. 25.23778
Simone LRL, Moracchioli N (1994) Hydrobiidae (Gastropoda: Hydrobioidea) from the Ribeira Valley, S. E. Brazil, with descriptions of two new cavernicolous species. Journal of Molluscan Studies 60: 445 - 459.
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