Mexicenotica, Grego, Jozef, Angyal, Dorottya & Beltran, Luis Arturo Lievano, 2019

Grego, Jozef, Angyal, Dorottya & Beltran, Luis Arturo Lievano, 2019, First record of subterranean freshwater gastropods (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Cochliopidae) from the cenotes of Yucatan state, Subterranean Biology 29, pp. 79-88 : 81

publication ID

https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/subtbiol.29.32779

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:89738F46-8316-4F91-95F4-80A1E3ED0E79

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/419F28D8-1962-4495-8B5A-670DF596CDA0

taxon LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:act:419F28D8-1962-4495-8B5A-670DF596CDA0

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scientific name

Mexicenotica
status

gen. n.

Genus Mexicenotica View in CoL gen. n.

Diagnosis.

The diagnostic features of the genus are the same as those of the type species Mexicenotica xochii sp. n. The minute size with tear shaped shell and expanded oval aperture with a fragile flaring corrugated margin distinguish the new genus from any other related genera of Cochliopidae or Pomatiopsidae .

Etymology.

Named after the country of origin and cenotes, the specific vertical sinkhole karstic formations of Yucatán´s plateau, whose phreatic waters and aquifers host the new genus.